I live in Connecticut but often go to the Massachusetts Nurses' Association web site for information and opinion on mandated nurse staffing levels. I don't know why the public seems to have such little interest in this issue. The state mandates minimum ratios for daycare centers and I haven't heard anyone complain that this robs them of their "flexibility". I think we all know what hospital administrators mean by that term. They want to continue to short staff floors to save money.