Soon Medicare will stop paying hospitals for the cost of avoidable conditions such as bedsores and patient falls, which will increase scrutiny of nursing. Do you see this as an opportunity or a threat?

 I think that is awful. Bedsores, if NOT treated, can be life threatening. It is a significant decline in our Medicare process to think that nursing personnel don't try to prevent bedsores. Bedsores depend not only on personnel to turn the patient frequently, but it is also personal with regard to the health and well being of the patient, the integrity of their skin and tissue below the skin. Sure there are times that bedsores could have been prevented, but everyone who works in the medical field are good, caring people who try their best to maintain the integrity of the patient.
Susan Kusner, Dearborn Federation of Teachers, MI

When an insurance company decides what and if a hospital can treat, then it takes the care of a patient out of the hands of the medical profession and the patient.
Mindy Kastner, United Federation of Teachers, New York City 

It can not be said that every bed sore or fall is avoidable. Though I do agree that Hospital & Staff should be encouraged to provide high quality care. An accident is an accident. That's what insurance is for[...]. They should not stop paying for these things that the customer/patient is not responsible for. These can sometimes not be avoided. If you fell at home or got bed sores at home they'd have to pay for those. 
Mary Lirot, AFT Local 604, IL