I understand the "take the money and pay the price" argument (same reason private schools don't participate in federal milk programs) but in reality the vast majority of health care workers in the US are captured by hospitals and clinics that accept federal money. Less than 1% of physicians in US are not registered Medicare providers. There are approximately 163 million americans on Medicare, Medicaid and health exchange. I personally have not seen a nurse hang out a shingle on their own advertising for cash only and private insurance payments. In some very large cities I'm sure there are a few such jobs but in the overall health care delivery system this is a very small fraction. This is the exact and main reason there has been very little push back from hospitals and physicians against federal overreach. Bottom line, no matter what the reasoning, what is being done to health care workers not wanting the jab in the US is an abomination. Americans should not have tolerated it. Truckers wouldn't have.