RE: Social Care Reform.. You'd just better hope for a quick death!

CNAs (Certified Nursing Assistants) in the USA also have low pay and are largely considered interchangeable. Those who the capacity will learn other specialties such as Respiratory Therapy or Phlebotomy. Nursing education has become extremely challenging to where we also have shortages. Most of our foreign nurses come from the Phillipines, as far as I have seen. But they generally work on a contract basis, moving about the country wherever they can find work.