A bipartisan letter signed by lawmakers across the nation has asked the COVID-19 response team to investigate potential price gouging by some nursing staff agencies. Some local healthcare workers say this growing scrutiny could lead to state-level restrictions. “It wasn’t even COVID that was rough, it was more of a staffing issue, and not being treated how I felt like I deserve to be treated as a nurse, and not getting breaks, not even urinating in a 12 hour shift.
Highlights
- A bipartisan letter signed by lawmakers across the nation has asked the COVID-19 response team to investigate potential price gouging by some nursing staff agencies.
- Some local healthcare workers say this growing scrutiny could lead to state-level restrictions.
- “It wasn’t even COVID that was rough, it was more of a staffing issue, and not being treated how I felt like I deserve to be treated as a nurse,” says one local nurse.