America’s Healthcare System Is Quietly Collapsing

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And We Need a Real-Time Solution Right Now

By Natasha L. Taylor, MHA, PMP

Doctoral Student, Education Leadership

Evolutionary Scientist of Public Health and Trauma Healing

Healthcare Administrator with 21+ Years of Field Experience

The American healthcare system is not simply under pressure. It is unraveling in real time. Patients feel it. Families feel it. Healthcare workers feel it. And those of us who travel, study abroad, and witness other systems up close can see just how deep the cracks are becoming.

The warning signs are no longer subtle.

They are loud.

They are global.

They are happening right now.

I have traveled to see how other nations structure care. I have studied public health models in places where wellness is affordable, appointments are accessible, and the workforce is valued. I am watching healthcare workers from the United States move overseas for better pay, safer staffing, and respect.

It is okay to travel abroad. It is powerful to study abroad. But we must bring those skills back home, because our system is weakening faster than we can replace the people leaving it.

This isn’t just a healthcare problem.

It is a people problem.

It is a national security problem.

It is a public health emergency.

Medical Tourism Is Becoming Plan A, Not Plan B

Americans are flying to other countries for surgeries, dental work, imaging, and routine care because it is cheaper, faster, and less painful to navigate. Families are choosing global healthcare not for luxury but for survival.

And while patients are leaving the country for care, healthcare workers are leaving the country for better working conditions.

When both sides of the system walk away, the system collapses.

Healthcare Education Is Being Targeted and Dismantled

This is the part nobody wants to say out loud.

Educational programs are being restricted. Accreditation pathways are tightening. Tuition prices discourage entry. Clinical placements disappear. Students are overwhelmed, under-supported, and graduating into burnout pipelines.

This impacts future nurses.

Future CNAs.

Future mental health counselors.

Future doctors.

Future public health leaders.

When you block the pipeline, you block the future.

Communities Are Already Paying the Price

Emergency departments closing.

Mental health care shrinking.

Wait times increasing.

Elderly women going without coordinated care.

Rural and low-income families driving hours for treatment.

People turning to online sources and herbal forums because the system left them behind.

This is not acceptable for the wealthiest country in the world.

We Need a Real-Time National Response. Not Later. Now.

This is where leadership and community innovation must work together. We cannot wait for Congress to fix this alone. We cannot wait for systems to self-correct. And we cannot leave communities to fend for themselves.

She Is Us United was created because traditional healthcare no longer meets the needs of real people in real time. We are building a new trauma-informed public health model that strengthens communities while the larger system continues to fail.

But this requires national coordination — immediately.

A REAL-TIME CALL TO ACTION (Step-by-Step)

Healthcare Workers: Report Staffing and Safety Concerns Today

Your documentation drives federal oversight and accountability.

Hospital safety concerns: Report to The Joint Commission
Complaint form: https://www.jointcommission.org/resources/patient-safety-topics/report-a-patient-safety-event/
Phone: 630–792–5000
Nursing workplace issues: Report to your State Board of Nursing
Florida BON: 850–245–4125
CMS hospital regulation violations:
CMS Hotline: 800–633–4227

Your voice becomes data. Your data becomes action.

2. Students in Healthcare and Public Health: Demand Transparency from Programs

Email your program leadership and ask:

How are you addressing clinical shortages?
• What is your burnout and disability support plan?
• What partnerships exist to guarantee workforce training and jobs after graduation?
• How are you adapting to the national healthcare shortage?

Students have more influence than they realize.

3. Policymakers, Boards, and Public Health Leaders: Join a National Healthcare Stability Taskforce

We need coordinated national leadership focused on:

Workforce retention
• Education reform
• Trauma-informed care
• Public health equity
• Global collaboration
• Community-based healing systems

If you are a policymaker, administrator, or health executive, email to join the Taskforce for Healthcare Stability:

Email: info@sheisusunited.org

Subject Line: “Join the Healthcare Stability Taskforce”

Your voice helps shape policy at the city, state, and federal levels.

4. Community Members: Start Local Advocacy Now

You have more power than you think. Call your elected officials and demand immediate action on:

Safe nurse staffing
• Affordable care and insurance reform
• Protection of healthcare education programs
• Public health funding increases
• Workforce mental health support

Find your representatives:

House: https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative

Senate: https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm

One email or call can influence how your community receives care.

5. Global Healthcare Students and Practitioners: Bring Skills Back to the United States

If you train abroad or study global models, your expertise is urgently needed here.

Build collaborations with US-based community programs
• Share innovations that work internationally
• Teach others what you learned
• Apply your knowledge to local public health gaps

This is how we rebuild from the inside out.

Where Do We Go From Here?

We take action.

We hold systems accountable.

We protect healthcare workers.

We strengthen education.

We build new, community-based care models.

We bring global lessons home.

We demand policies that reflect humanity, not bureaucracy.

Healthcare is not collapsing because Americans stopped caring.

It is collapsing because the system stopped caring for Americans.

We are not waiting for permission to fix it.

We are building solutions now.

If you want to support the movement, collaborate, or partner:

Email: info@sheisusunited.org

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natasha-l-t-803298251

Website: www.sheisusunited.org

Location: Naples FL and Cleveland OH

The time to act is right now.