Incomplete list of healthcare  job cuts that took place, or were announced, from January to June 2014, and were directly or indirectly blamed on Obama Care:

Ireland based legal drugs pusher and medical device maker Mallinckrodt revealed they killed as many as 15% of their jobs at factories in Missouri and New York!

God refuses to stop all powerful Obama Care from forcing Catholic Mercy Health from killing 300 healthcare jobs across seven states: “Like all health care providers, Mercy is managing the impact of market changes, including reimbursement reductions from government and commercial payers, as well as lack of Medicaid expansion in most of the states we serve.”-Sonya Kullman, Mercy Springfield

Alabama:  Gadsden Etowah Emergency Medical Service now chapter 11 bankrupt busted!  Decatur Emergency Medical Service now chapter 11 bankrupt busted!  The Wiregrass Medical Center laid off 30 employees. The largest air ambulance service in the United States, Air Evac Lifeteam, shutdown Air Evac 64 operations in Wetumpka! Company officials directly blamed issues with Obama Care and the bad economy: “The reimbursement issue, along with a low demand for patient transports, made it impossible for us to sustain operations at the base. As a result of the state’s decision not to expand Medicaid, nearly a quarter of the residents we fly in Alabama are self-pay with very little means to pay medical expenses. For those patients covered by Medicaid, they currently reimburse just over $500 for the transport of an adult. The high fixed cost of air ambulance makes it impossible for us to continue to operate with no indication of improvement in sight. We’ve been taking a loss with this base for many years. This is an area where air medical services are needed and we wanted to provide this valuable resource for the people in this region. We’ve also seen a decline in commercial reimbursement rates, making Alabama the lowest state in our 15-state service area for reimbursement.” 

Bryan W. Whitfield Memorial Hospital shutdown its labor and delivery unit: “There’s a lot of good people that will lose their job due to no fault of their own……On a national level, we are dealing with the biggest change in the healthcare business since the implementation of Medicare in the 1960s!”-Mike Marshall, CEO

Alaska: Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation eliminated 160 positions! It’s blame on federal funding cuts for Indian Health Service, and Obama Care.  At the end of 2013 the hospital operator laid off 50 employees.

Arkansas: The Arkansas Children’s Hospital killed five top management jobs.  God refused to stop all powerful Obama Care from forcing Catholic owned CHI Saint Vincent to kill 157 healthcare jobs!

Arizona: Once profitable Gilbert Hospital is now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.

California:  According to local news reports, and no thanks to Obama Care, California’s Medi-Cal system pays the lowest reimbursements of any state in the Union!  RAS (Radiological Associates of Sacramento) shutdown operations in dozens of cities! RAS was re-consolidated into Sutter Health. Despite news media claiming nobody would lose their jobs, state WARN says differently; I counted 519 layoff WARN notices due to “Closure”!  In South Lake Tahoe, Barton Hospital warned of massive layoffs due to Obama Care, is offering employees bribes to voluntarily quit. Already 42 employees have volunteered to quit in May.   In Corona, legal drugs pusher Actavis laid off 56 employees.  Tulare County’s Office of Education’s Behavioral Health Services laid off 44 employees. 120 students with emotional problems or mental illness affected!  In Orange, Obama Care forced Children’s Hospital of Orange County to announce another 61 healthcare jobs to be cut, that’s on top of the 28 job cuts made in May.  Also in Orange, 152 jobs lost at Saint Joseph Hospital!  In Chino, biomedical laboratory instruments maker Beckman Coulter shutting down in December, 63 jobs lost.  In Pico Rivera, Plaza de la Raza Child Development Services finally notified the state that they killed 52 jobs, back in May. In Oakland, Alta Bates Summit Medical Center warned of massive 1584 layoffs by the end of July, it’s not clear if that’s on top of the 500+ already laid off (Becker’s Hospital Review ranks Alta Bates in 4th place for job killing)!  Also in Oakland, Sutter East Bay Hospital laid off at least 12 employees.  In Napa, Queen of the Valley Medical Center warned its 1365 employees of massive layoffs, blaming Obama Care!  President and CEO Walt Mickens stated “We must transform the way we provide health care and we must act now!”, while spokeswoman Vanessa deGier explained “There are already billions of reductions in Medicare reimbursements that are programmed as part of the Affordable Care Act. Every single hospital across the county is facing these same cuts!”   In Turlock, God can’t stop the all powerful Obama Care from killing 1354 healthcare jobs as Emanual Medical Center-Brandel Manor & Cypress of Emanual shuts down!  In Sylmar, God can’t stop the all powerful Obama Care from killing 274 jobs with Saint Jude Medical!   In Bakersfield, Kern Medical Center announced they must kill 111 healthcare jobs due to Obama Care! On top of that the taxpayer funded county hospital system shutdown their home health and outpatient physical therapy operations!  Kern Medical Center officials say Obama Care has already cost them $30-million USD!  In Davis, the Davis Healthcare Center shutdown, 142 jobs lost!   In Ontario, Landmark Medical Management killing 418 jobs in July!   In San Diego, Trius Therapeutics laid off at least 27 employees.  Salix Pharmaceuticals killed 200 jobs!  Germany based pharmaceutical supplier EMD Millipore (aka Merck Millipore) shutting down, 110 jobs lost!  Legal drugs pusher Optimer Pharmaceuticals laid off 21 employees. The Riverside Dental-Doctor Group killed 162 jobs!  Redwood Regional Medical Group killed 261 healthcare jobs across the not so Golden State!  In Mountain View, El Camino Hospital laid off 48 employees.   Metropolitan Medical laid off 22 employees at two hospitals. In Milpitas, Lifescan laid off nine employees.  In Pomona, Obama Care killing 187 healthcare jobs with Pomona Valley Hospital! Obama Care forcing Shire Regenerative Medicine to kill 301 jobs!   In San Marcos, worker’s comp specialist One Call Care Management laid off 70 people. In Temecula “a global leader in cardiac and vascular care”, Abbott Vascular (Sevo Site), laid off at least 157 people!  The operator of 19 nursing homes, Country Villa Health Services, is now chapter 11 bankrupt busted, 2113 employees affected!  The Bellflower Medical Center killed 18 jobs.  In Tustin long term inpatient care center, Newport Specialty Hospital in danger of shutting down, 147 jobs affected!  In Pleasanton, ValleyCare Health System laid off 24 employees. In Lompoc, after 13 years the Zona Seca drug treatment center shutdown.  In Sunnyvale, Bayer Health Care laid off at least 41 employees.  In Irvine, Baxter Healthcare laid off 74 employees. In Hayward, Solta Medical device maker laid off 115 people! In Sacramento, Mercy General Hospital admitted they laid off employees, but refused to say how many.  In Sepestapol, Palm Drive Hospital laid off 80 people. Hospital CEO, Thomas Harlan, blames declining patients, and Obama Care for killing small hospitals saying “I don’t think any small hospital with the level of volume as low as ours will be able to survive long term…..” 

Colorado: Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX) laid off more than 130 employees!  Banner Health shutdown its bariatric clinic at the North Colorado Medical Center, 850 patients adversely affected! Company officials admitted that under Obama Care bariatric services are no longer profitable.

Connecticut:  The city of Hartford warned of the elimination of 99 jobs, plus the jacking up of property taxes, and that’s after $18.1-million in spending cuts.  That’s because Obama Care (Affordable Care Act) is causing an $18.6-million increase in retirement and health insurance costs for city employees!  After 29 years William W. Backus Hospital shutdown their child care center, 12 jobs lost. They blame Obama Care for stealing $14-million in Medicare funding!   In Stamford, legal drugs pusher and maker of evil Oxycontin (which eastern Idaho pharmacists, and law enforcers, have publicly stated turns into morphine in your body) Purdue Pharma laid off 59 people. Another 41 employees being let go across the U.S.  Hartford HealthCare announced the elimination of 350 positions! Hospital officials had to cut $200-million from their budget, blaming Obama Care for “massive reductions in government reimbursement” and creating a 25% reduction in people seeking care at hospitals.  After 30 years, God refuses to stop Saint Francis Hospital & Medical Center from drastically reducing the staff in their pediatric unit. Since October last year the hospital has been eliminating positions, by the end of June there will be only two support staffers on hand. It’s blamed on reduced customers as Obama Care insurance pushes people away from hospitals.

Florida: In Winter Haven, Medicare insurer Physicians United Plan now being liquidated. 300 jobs lost! 25-thousand Medicare recipients affected! So much for Obama Care!  Health Management Associates sold off, 400 jobs lost!  Orlando Health warned that Obama Care is forcing them to cut $58-million from their budget!

Georgia:  In Augusta, Massachusetts based inVentiv Medical Management shutting down, at least 50 jobs lost.  The Lower Oconee Community Hospital shutdown, at least 100 jobs lost! Despite Obama Care 23% of Wheeler Country residents have no health insurance. 10% are unemployed. 41% of the children live in poverty!  Karen O’Neal, the hospital’s CEO, said Obama Care “will create a Third World nation” out of rural America!  WellStar Health System eliminated 29 positions. It’s blamed on Obama Care: “The healthcare industry is going through unprecedented changes. There is uncertainty around every corner. In 2013, the U.S. government began cutting $113 billion from hospital payments over the next 10 years with $400 billion additional cuts under discussion. As a not-for-profit health system, we face an extraordinary challenge to plan for the future without knowing the payment mechanisms.”-David Anderson, VP HR

Hawaii: The Hilo Medical Center warned of Obama Care layoffs. The state run hospital says increased cost of operations plus decreased funding due to Obama Care is pushing them into the red by $48-million!  God can’t stop Obama Care from killing 110 home healthcare jobs with Saint Francis Healthcare System! The hospital system will also shutdown their hospice operation in Oahu.  Health care provider Kaiser Permanente killed 101 jobs!

Illinois: God refuses to stop all powerful Obama Care from forcing Saint John’s Hospital from laying off 43 employees.   Accretive Health warned that “restructuring” for Obama Care could kill more than 170 jobs!    It was revealed that Passages Hospice was forced to shutdown in February, 88 healthcare jobs lost.  Springfield based legal drugs pusher Walgreens announced it will shutdown 76 stores across the country! Company officials say they also need to cut expenses by $50-million by the end of 2015!  Blame it on drastically reduced government and insurance company reimbursements under Obama Care.   Cardinal Health laid off 75 employees. Harmony Health Plan killed 105 jobs!

Indiana: Parkview Whitley Hospital sold off a nursing home and will layoff 52 healthcare workers in September.   Obama Care killed 17 jobs at private Monroe Hospital.

Iowa: Genesis Health System laid off 80 employees. Company executives even cut their own pay. Yes, they blame Obama Care saying “We agree that health systems across the country are facing increasing challenges from changes in reimbursement levels…”  Mercy Medical Center laid off 29 employees. Hospital President Bob Ritz blames U.S. President Obama: “As the federal government and state payment systems continue to ratchet down on what they pay us and our costs go up, we have to look for opportunities to create cost efficiencies.”

Kentucky:  T.J. Samson Community Hospital eliminated up to 49 jobs, and reduced the pay for all their other employees.  God refuses to stop non-profit KentuckyOne Health from laying off an undisclosed number of employees. The company has 15-thousand employees across the United States. KentuckyOne Health is a conglomeration of non-profit hospitals (the primary member is Catholic Health Initiatives), they blame Obama Care for “a fundamental shift in the way health care is organized and delivered. We must change in order to sustain our purpose”.  Obama Care is forcing KentuckyOne Health to cut $218-million from their 2015 budget, and Obama Care has already caused them to lose at least $100-million in revenues!

Maine: Calais Regional Hospital announced they must kill an undisclosed number of jobs, and reduce the hours for 30% of remaining employees. They blame Obama Care for reducing the number of people going to hospitals for help.  In Portland, the non-profit Health Care for Homeless Clinic shutdown because the Obama regime cut its federal funding!

Maryland: Dimensions Healthcare System eliminated 62 positions at two hospitals. Employees say they received at least three notices from hospital officials stating that as many as 500 healthcare workers could lose their jobs by the end of the year! Hospital officials hope a partnership with University of Maryland Medical System will save them from Obama Care.  McCready Memorial Hospital began another round of layoffs. The number of jobs cut were not reported. Last year they killed dozens of healthcare jobs, and yes, it’s being blamed on Obama Care (Affordable Care Act).  MedStar Health killed 131 jobs!

Massachusetts: In Leominster, HealthAlliance Hospital announced more than160 Obama Care job cuts: “Given the dramatic and sweeping changes taking place nationally and regionally in health care, going forward, we will continue to review our staffing levels and make adjustments. We know that any workforce reduction involves real people and real jobs. These are difficult decisions…”-Deborah Weymouth, CEO

“We’re trying to keep up…with lower payment rates. We are trying to stay with it so we don’t slip into larger losses.”-Michael Cofone, former interim president of HealthAlliance

The Marlborough Hospital laid off ten employees and cut working hours for 31 others.  Medical device maker LeMaitre Vascular laid off 30 employees. ObamaCare created a new high tax on medical device makers. Medical device maker Invivo Therapeutics announced they will kill about one third of their jobs.  UMass Memorial Medical Center killed 103 jobs! This is on top of the 285 jobs killed between October and February! The hospital has to consolidate jobs in order to survive the Obama Care fiasco! On top of that the hospital will also eliminate I-V therapy, close three of its 17 operating rooms, close Memorial Campus West 1 unit, consolidate infusion services, reduce the number of beds at the Children’s Medical Center and sell off a building at 11 Shattuck Street!  Cambridge Health Alliance eliminated 30 positions.   In North Adams, after 129 years North Adams Regional Hospital now chapter 7 bankrupt busted, and shutting down, 530 jobs lost! VNA & Hospice and the Northern Berkshire Healthcare Physicians Group affected by the bankruptcy as well!  In Holyoke, the Geriatric Authority nursing home shutting down.

Michigan: The Detroit Institute for Children revealed they shutdown three outpatient clinics!  It’s blamed on “changes in the health care industry”.  27 jobs lost and 250 special needs children affected!  The Oaklawn Hospital killed 43 jobs, blaming Obama Care for a $5-million loss!  Hayes Green Beach Memorial Hospital laid off 25 employees. Hospital officials said job cuts are necessary “to position ourselves in healthcare reform”.  Mackinac Straits Health Systems eliminated 23 positions, reduced the hours for other employees, and even top managers are getting a 5% pay cut.  Lakeland Specialty Hospital Berrien Center shutdown!  The American Red Cross Detroit National Testing Lab shutdown, 118 jobs lost!  The South Haven Community Hospital shutdown its birthing unit, 19 jobs lost: “…the program [Obama Care] does not reimburse to the level where we can support the program.”-Joanne Urbanski, CEO   

Minnesota: The number one provider for in-office BPH therapy, Urologix, warned of layoffs due to Obama Care.  Urologix expects to lose $1.5-million!  The epilepsy floor of the United Hospital was shutdown, due to cuts in payments and increased costs caused by Obama Care! The operator of the hospital, Allina Health, revealed just how much Obama Care is killing the healthcare industry; in the 1st quarter of 2013 Allina Health had $22.3-million in operating income (profit after operating costs are subtracted, a little more specific than net profit). For the 1st quarter 2014 operating income crashed to just $449-thousand!  RiverView Health laid off eight employees, another eight were demoted in pay scale. This is on top of the 53 job eliminations at the end of 2013. Officials also warned that if they cannot survive the insurance cuts caused by Obama Care then the area’s only hospital will shutdown: “We have a perfect storm of declining volume…..deductibles and copayments continue to rise……our largest payers, including the federal government through Medicare, are balancing budgets through cuts in Medicare payments……recovering just 99 cents on every dollar we spend caring for a Medicare patient. That equates to a guaranteed loss of one percent for every patient who is Medicare eligible. For RiverView Health that is over one third of our business.”

Missouri: As a result of Obama Care, the largest pharmacy benefit management company in the U.S., Saint Louis based Express Scripts, killing 1890 jobs across the country, and shutting down two operations in Texas!    ‘Front end’ pharmacy operations in Florida will also lose 400 jobs!  Children’s mental-health facility, Cottonwood Residential Treatment Center in Cape Girardeau, shutting down due to state and federal (Obama Care) taxpayer funding cuts, 95 jobs lost.  Ozarks Community Hospital announced: “…we are laying off as many as 60 employees in 60 days…….Even if Missouri expands Medicaid in the future, it will be virtually impossible for us to recapture this loss of capacity. Hospitals cannot shrink and expand as readily as other industries. I fear that Missouri will never recover the ground it is now losing statewide as a result of political posturing.”-Paul Taylor, CEO

Nevada: The Southern Nevada Health District killing about 60 jobs.  God can’t stop California owned Saint Rose Dominican Hospitals from laying off 40 nurses.  Valley Health laid off 33 employees.

New Hampshire: Japan based Olympus Biotech getting the hell out-a-dodge because of Obama Care. The Japanese owners say it’s not worth it to continue biologics manufacturing, and is selling the factory. Almost 200 jobs lost!

New Jersey: Obama Care medical device tax forces another medical device maker to Mexico. In Totowa, California based CareFusion announced it is killing 390 jobs and moving disposable respiratory products production to Mexico!  Gloucester Manor Rehabilitation and Care killed 130 healthcare jobs!     Kimball Medical Center laid off 73 healthcare workers.  In Plainsboro, medical diagnostics company Abbott Point of Care laid off 80 employees.  Inspira Health Network killed 47 jobs.   In Logan Twonship, McKesson Medical-Surgical healthcare service laid off 140 people!

New York:  The CEO of Kaleida Health and Great Lakes Health Systems quit his job, as other company officials warned of massive job cuts. Hospital officials said they must make drastic changes, because of Obama Care, that will affect its five hospitals and 13-thousand employees!  At the end of 2013 they killed 100 jobs!  Carthage Area Hospital laid off 90 employees, and warned more layoffs are in the works.  Interfaith Medical Center announced it will shutdown and kill 1405 jobs!   In Irving, TLC Health Network/Lake Shore Health Care Center shutdown, 438 healthcare jobs lost!  The North Country Family Health Center (aka North Country Children’s Clinic) laid off five employees.  In Bayside, Saint Mary’s Hospital For Children shutdown, 34 healthcare jobs lost.  In Ticonderoga, Inter-Lakes Health laid off 13 healthcare workers and cut 10 full time jobs to part time. Another ten positions will be eliminated through attrition.  Long Island College Hospital put up for sale, 1400 jobs affected!   Also in Long Island, legal drugs maker Forest Laboratories laying off 20% of employees.  God refused to stop all powerful Obama Care from shutting down Saint Francis Hospital and Health Centers, 1141 jobs lost!   VNS CHOICE Community Care revealed its continued nursing layoffs will make at least 775 healthcare workers unemployed this year! VNS laid off at least 600 healthcare workers last year! Company officials blame new government rules which increase workers comp (paid for by companies) by more than 55%, and on top of that Obama Care drastically cuts payments from Medicare/Medicaid and insurance companies! And what’s really surprising is how many healthcare workers, who’re getting laid off, who don’t understand the whole Obama Care fiasco and how it’s affecting their employer’s ability to pay them!   The Hortense and Louis Rubin Dialysis Centers shutdown, 122 healthcare jobs lost!    In Syracuse, Saint Joseph’s hospital laid off more healthcare workers, this time 26.   Also in Syracuse, Rosewood Heights Health Center shutting down a nursing home laying off at least 156 healthcare workers!  Healthcare contractor IPRO laying off at least 200 employees!   In Uniondale, LabCorp of America Holdings/Dianon Systems Integrated Oncology/Histology shutting down, 24 jobs lost.   In Hornell, God can’t stop all powerful Obama Care from forcing Saint James Mercy Hospital, Mercycare Facility, from shutting down their Ventilator Department, 13 jobs lost.  In Bronx, long term health care provider HHH Choices Health Plan/HHCS shutting down, 152 jobs lost!    In Long Beach, Long Beach Memorial Nursing Home being shutdown and sold off, 372 jobs lost!  The Long Beach Medical Center now chapter 11 bankrupt busted. 285 jobs threatened!  Peconic Bay Medical Center laid off 12 employees, due to declining revenue caused by Obama Care. Hospital officials explained that since the implementation of Affordable Care Act their admissions have dropped at least 8%. This is because Obama Care encourages people not to go to the hospital for care.  In Pomona, Israel based legal drugs pusher Teva Pharmaceuticals laying off 41 employees.  Schenectady Regional Orthopedic Associates shutting down, 79 jobs lost.  Also in Schenectady, Price Chopper killed 80 jobs. Company officials blamed, in part, Obama Care for creating “Skyrocketing health care costs…” for the company.  Adirondack Health killed 18 healthcare jobs, and reduced the hours of 15 others. Hospital officials blamed Obama Care for a $1.2-million drop in funding in 2013, and said it’ll be even worse in 2014!  In Brooklyn, Obama Care killing home healthcare provider 1 Prospect Park Residence, 68 jobs lost. Obama Care killing home healthcare provider Regency Home Care, 259 jobs lost!  In Medina, Baxter Healthcare laid off 91 healthcare workers.   In Gouverneur, Kinney Nursing Home shutting down, 61 jobs lost. Pissed off officials blame Obama Care for the final death blow: “Unfortunately, the harsh realities of today’s healthcare economy prevent a small nursing home like this, in a rural area like ours, from remaining viable any longer. The challenges faced by Kinney Nursing Home are like those confronting nursing homes across the country…..The payments Kinney Nursing Home receives for providing care are far below its operating costs….”-statement from board of directors

In Schenectady, health insurance company MVP Health Care killed 100 jobs! It’s blamed on Obama Care: “The health insurance industry is going through a time of unprecedented change, and we need a streamlined and nimble organization to stay ahead of the curve.”-Denise Gonick, President and CEO

North Carolina:  Triad Adult and Pediatric Medicine laid off 35 employees, including seven doctors. The Department of Health and Human Services shutdown three Children’s Developmental Services Agency operations, 170 jobs lost!  All-States Medical Supply  explained that Obama Care cuts government and insurance company reimbursements for their medical supplies by 45%! Medicare audits of their accounting have been increased by 250%!  Such audits place reimbursements in limbo, company officials say two and a half years worth of reimbursements are now on hold until the backlog of Obama Care audits are completed! CEO Marcus Suess described Obama Care as “suicide” for the medical supply industry!   In Charlotte, Massachusetts based inVentiv Medical Management shutting down, at least 50 jobs lost.     High Point Regional UNC Health Care killed 115 jobs! Hospital official, Greg Taylor, blames Obama Care for causing not just insurance reimbursement reductions, but “…admissions decrease….surgical procedures decrease, and we think that is part of where the market is headed. It’s been playing out all across the country.”   Obama Care more powerful than God, as Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center kills 1-thousand jobs, on top of the 950 killed in 2013: “At the end of the day the Affordable Care Act is just reforming payments, it’s not really reforming health care!”-John McConnell, CEO 

Ohio: God can’t stop all powerful Obama Care from killing 131 jobs with non-profit Christian health system, TriHealth (a partnership with Bethesda and Good Samaritan). The SeniorLink Program was also killed. Under Obama Care the program is considered too expensive.    Coshocton Hospital killed 25 healthcare jobs, and closed 22 open positions.  The Toledo Speech and Hearing Center shutdown. 35 employees laid off, 700 patients screwed over!  Hospice of Dayton killed 12 jobs.

Oregon:  In Beaverton, Obama Care medical device tax forcing Greatbatch/Electrochem Solutions to move to Mexcio, 170 jobs lost!  Clackamas County laid off 25 employees from three primary health clinics.

Pennsylvania: Kindred Hospital Easton shutdown, 105 jobs lost!  Kindred Hospital’s North Side facility being sold off, 152 jobs lost! The buyer, LifeCare Hospitals, told news media they have no intention of hiring on the Kindred employees.    Health insurance company, Highmark Blue Shield, killed 132 jobs!  In Exeter Township, after 43 years Surgical Specialties shutting down their medical device factory and moving to Mexico to avoid new Obama Care taxes. 265 jobs lost!  In Erie, HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital laid off 18 healthcare workers.  The Crozer Keystone Health System killed 250 healthcare jobs! Officials blamed ObamaCare for a $16-million loss in a seven months period!  Commonwealth Health shutdown the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital’s business office, 87 jobs lost.  In Blue Bell, managed healthcare company Aetna laid off an undisclosed number of employees. It’s part of Aetna’s plan to kill 3-thousand jobs across the U.S. by 2015!  In Nanticoke, Commonwealth Health shutting down and selling off its Special Care Hospital, 130 jobs lost!  Medical device maker Medline Industries is shutting down and moving to New York, 40 jobs lost.   Montgomery County killed 95 healthcare jobs with Abington Health. They blame Obama Care: “Like many other regional health systems, Abington Health is navigating changes in the health-care environment. These changes are numerous, the most significant being the shift in volume from inpatient care to outpatient care and declining reimbursements.”-Laurence M. Merlis, CEO

South Dakota: After 74 years, nonprofit South Dakota CARES (aka South Dakota Society for Crippled Children) shutdown.

Tennessee: The Crittenden Regional Hospital remains shutdown. The official reason is reconstruction after a fire caused massive water damage by the hospital’s anti-fire sprinkler system. However, it’s also been revealed the hospital is $23-million in debt, and Obama Care just might not make it worth rebuilding.  God can’t stop the all powerful Obama Care from killing 75 jobs at Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare: “…the current healthcare environment is presenting financial challenges for hospitals across the country….As a result, we are examining ways to reduce costs from our system. We’re finding ways to save through measures such as standardizing medical devices and not filling open positions where it makes sense. But even after making those changes, we still need to find additional ways to reduce costs.”-Gary Shorb, CEO

Texas: In Abilene, God refused to stop non-profit Sears Methodist Retirement Systems from becoming chapter 11 bankrupt busted. The medical housing and care company says it needs $600-thousand right now or it will shut down its 11 centers. 1500 old people and veterans could be affected! Christian officials blamed old people for not being able to pay for the service! (What happened to Obama Care?)  In Georgetown, health clinic operator Lone Star Circle of Care laid off 65 employees. The CEO also quit! The non-profit company provides services to underinsured people.  In El Paso, United Blood Services shutting down their call center, more than 100 jobs lost! Company officials said ObamaCare is forcing them to centralize operations.  In Dallas, Obama Care killed off the Emeritus at Vickery Towers nursing home, 120 jobs lost! Company officials said if it wasn’t for Obama Care they would’ve made needed upgrades to the nursing home.   God refused to stop Good Shepherd Health System from closing the Critical Access Hospital in Linden, as well as a clinic in Linden and a clinic in Hughes Springs. Hospital officials directly blamed Obama Care for causing them to lose $12-million!  In The Woodlands, legal drugs pusher Lexicon Pharmaceuticals laid off 115 people! Company officials say Obama care is forcing them to cut $22-million from their budget! Non-profit Baylor Medical Center at Garland laid off 47 employees.  In Sherman, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital-WNJ laid off 18 employees.

Washington DC: Specialty Hospitals of America now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.

West Virginia: Six of the state’s 10 Aging and Disability Resource Centers shutting down! Ass-hole politicians said the old folks homes were not “efficient”.  Wetzel County Hospital laid off eight healthcare workers, cut the hours of 11 others, and will not fill vacant positions.

Wisconsin: In La Crosse, the Mayo Clinic has increased the number of medical transcriptionists to become unemployed, now 188 jobs lost!