It must be noted that I started documenting these ObamaCare/healthcare related shutdowns at the beginning of 2014. In that year I posted the reports biannually (every six months). In 2015 ObamaCare cutbacks ramped up and I posted quarterly (every three months). For the past nine months of 2016 there have been so many ObamaCare cutbacks that I’ve posted a report every month!
Incomplete list of healthcare related layoffs and shutdowns, September 2016:
Denmark based drugs maker Novo Nordisk eliminating 1-thousand jobs worldwide, blaming crashing U.S. sales (due to its own skyrocketing prices for insulin).
California: Tulare Regional Medical Center laid off 29 people. Administrators hinted that layoffs will be ongoing because they “continue to streamline operations”. Israel based drugs maker Teva issued a layoff WARN, 11 jobs gone in Corona, by December.
Florida: Drugs maker Merck eliminating 112 jobs between November 2016 and June 2017! CVS Pharmacy issued a WARN, 94 jobs in Tampa gone by Thanksgiving.
Idaho: The state Department of Insurance warning of yet another rate hike for insurance, as much as 24% for 2017!
Illinois: Health Care Service Corporation (parent company of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Illinois) off-shoring as many as 540 InfoTech jobs, by April 2017! Health Care Service Corporation has also been encouraging employees 50 years of age or older to quit, by offering them buy-outs.
Kentucky: God powerless to stop ‘his’ Catholic owned KentuckyOne Health from laying off three top executives, a fourth executive resigned. The ‘christian’ hospital admin called it “leader transitions”. Signature Healthcare shutting down two locations, 207 jobs gone by Thanksgiving! Patients are being transferred elsewhere. In Louisville, McDonald’s shutting down their Kosair Children’s Hospital by Xmas. The lease expires and the Kosair-McDonald’s franchise can’t afford to renew it!
Louisiana: Non-profit Lafayette General Medical Center eliminating 70 jobs by the end of October.
Maine: Mercy Hospital suddenly laid off 31 people. Administrators say it was a “clinical redesign of services offered”.
Massachusetts: Drugs maker ImmunoGen laid off 65 people.
Minnesota: Superior View Assisted Living shutdown, the CEO Rob Gannucci blamed the state and federal government saying “It just wasn’t worth it anymore.”
Mississippi: Quitman County Hospital quit and shutdown due to lack of money. Local news reports indicated it was the only hospital in the area.
Montana: Medicare health insurer New West Health Services shutting down, 14-thousand customers losing their insurance by the end of the year, and 84 people losing their jobs. Administrators directly blame ObamaCare saying “…with the increased complexity in this industry and the new challenges that affect our ability to break even, we are not able to make this insurance plan financially successful.”
New Hampshire: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center eliminating up to 460 jobs by Xmas! ObamaCare is forcing the hospital to make at least $100-million USD in cuts, CEO James Weinstein saying “We cannot be all things to all people…… Reductions at all levels of the organization will be considered…”
New York: Crouse Hospital laid off nine management, 13 non-union and 12 union employees. Unfilled positions are also being eliminated. Administrators called the layoffs ‘routine’. God powerless to stop ‘his’ Catholic Charities Neighborhood Services from issuing a layoff WARN for their ops in Brooklyn. The layoffs take place right before Xmas.
North Carolina: Oncology specialist Biologics shutting down their Cary ops after being taken over by California based McKesson, 132 jobs gone! Johnston Ambulance Service shutdown, 4-hundred jobs suddenly gone! Administrators blame ObamaCare rules for lack of payment of services rendered.
Oklahoma: Pushmataha Hospital now chapter 9 bankrupt busted despite four years of trying to reign in costs to deal with greatly reduced ObamaCare insurance reimbursements.
Pennsylvania: Ohio based HCR ManorCare sold-off their Devon Manor nursing home, 124 jobs gone by the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday! Patients are being transferred elsewhere. Drug testing startup Falcon Genomics already chapter 11 bankrupt busted due to failing to raise enough investment cash. Somerset Hospital shutting down their obstetrics unit by the end of November.
Tennessee: It’s been revealed that in August Church Hill Emergency Medical Services suddenly shutdown, eliminating “dozens” of jobs due to lack of funding. Church Hill EMS is now officially chapter 11 bankrupt busted. Tennova Healthcare eliminating 45 jobs in October.
Texas: Saint Mark’s Medical laid off nine people and then sold their La Grange office building to Rainier Realty Investments. Administrators directly blame ObamaCare for the layoffs saying “The layoffs were…..an adjustment to our current healthcare environment. As penalties increase and volumes decrease, it’s critical each hospital/physician office adapt to the new landscape.”
Virginia: After 40 years Dominion Psychiatric Associates shutting down in November, one of the doctors told local news media “You can’t keep the doors open if you don’t have providers.”
Wisconsin: Integrated Health Network laid off 21 employees.
Wyoming: Mountain View Regional Hospital laid off 15 employees.
August 2016: “…WE’LL ALL HAVE TO DO MORE WITH LESS.”
ObamaCare = Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification