B2 – Upper Intermediate
The recent restrictions in President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” that omit nursing from a list of professional degrees shocked many. The law will limit the amount of student loans available to nursing students. It means lowering reimbursement to their tuitions, which could only suggest that nurses don’t matter anymore despite the shortage of healthcare personnel and the nature of the profession.
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Vocabulary Questions:
- What does “tucked into” mean? “A new set of regulations tucked into the Trump’ Administration’s Big Beautiful bill removes nursing from a list of professional degree.” Use this term in a sentence. Give a synonym.
- What does “ socio-economic ladder” mean? “You limit a lot of women and minorities women access to further climb the socio-economic ladder.” Use this phrase in a sentence and give a synonym.
- What is the “Title VIII funding”? “Not only did they move into this rise committee, but they were moved title VIII funding.” Use this expression to make your own sentence and give a synonym
Discussion Questions:
- What are your thoughts on the removal of nursing from the professional list in the US?
- How will this affect the current healthcare system?
- Who does this removal affect most?
- If you were the president of the US, would you remove nurses from the the list of professional degrees? And why?
- In what way would this decision be revoked from the “Big, Beautiful Bill”?