Heathcare Obamaed for 1000s of Jobs

Discussion in 'Politics' started by jem, Oct 14, 2013.

  1. jem

    jem

    http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/10/13/hospital-job-cuts/2947929/


    Hospitals, a reliable source of employment growth in the recession and its aftermath, are starting to cut thousands of jobs amid falling insurance payments and inpatient visits.

    The payroll cuts are surprising because the Affordable Care Act (ACA), whose implementation took a big step forward this month, is eventually expected to provide health coverage to as many as 30 million additional Americans.

    "While the rest of the U.S. economy is stabilizing or improving, health care is entering into a recession," says John Howser, assistant vice chancellor of Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

    Health care providers announced more layoffs than any other industry last month — 8,128 — largely because of reductions by hospitals, according to outplacement firm Challenger Gray and Christmas. So far this year, the health care sector has announced 41,085 layoffs, the third-most behind financial and industrial companies.

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  2. Lucrum

    Lucrum

    "good job mr president"
     
  3. Hospitals have been getting f$%ked over by the Federal Public sector for decades. About a hundred in California have closed. It was mandated that they have to treat anybody that shows up at an ER but no funds were ever mandated to pay for it all...
     
  4. Lucrum

    Lucrum

    I guess California legislators didn't think that one through very well did they.
     
  5. Lucrum

    Lucrum

  6. Lucrum

    Lucrum

    If it makes you feel any better, I'm still not going to vote for a democrat. EVER.
     
  7. jem

    jem

    some republican minds might confuse where laws were orginated...but compare that to the democrat mind... boldly represented by the walmart shoppers who thought they could use their food stamps cards for unlimited food.