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

Becker’s Hospital Review revealed that by the end of 2013 eighteen U.S. hospitals shutdown as a direct result of problems caused by the Affordable Care Act (Obama Care).

The Carolinas HealthCare System announced they must kill at least 100 jobs in North and South Carolina by the beginning of 2015, due to Obama Care! Reduced insurance payments as a result of the so called ‘Affordable Car Act’ will cause the hospital system to lose at least $110-million USD in their fiscal 2015 year!

Arkansas:  Obama Care forced now vacant county owned Crittenden Regional Hospital into chapter 7 bankruptcy (which usually means it’s ‘toast’). More than 400 healthcare workers lost their jobs! The draconian insurance reimbursements cuts imposed by Obama Care means the county hospital cannot pay off nearly $7-million in bonds, however, city and even federal government administrators are suing, accusing the county hospital board of essentially taking the bond money because bookkeeping can’t seam to account for it.  Washington Regional Medical Center laid off 27 healthcare workers, directly blaming Obama Care. Hospital officials blame the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act for causing the hospital a loss of $8.75-million!

Arizona: Obama Care forced University of Arizona Health Network to sell itself to Phoenix based Banner Health. Now there are reports this is a portent for things to come in the U.S. medical school sector. The Association of American Medical Colleges warns that Obama Care’s reduced insurance reimbursements is the final straw that will force medical schools to sell themselves to private medical corporations, or greatly reduce their services to the public, either way it means massive healthcare job cuts.

California:  In Temecula, Illinois based Abbott Vascular laid off 100 people! Reports say at just two years ago the company had 4-thousand employees, but now has less than 17-hundred!  In Jackson, Obama Care forcing Sutter Amador Hospital to warn of layoffs coming in January 2015.  Allergan warned that Obama Care forced them to kill off 545 specialized healthcare employees in November, and shutdown one of their healthcare operations in Goleta! In Fallbrook, Obama Care forced Fallbrook Home Health and Hospice to issue a WARN saying they will shutdown just three days before Xmas, 37 jobs lost.  Fallbrook Hospital issued a WARN saying they will kill off 365 jobs in December!  In Palm Springs, Crothall Healthcare shutdown, 91 jobs lost.  In Orange, Children’s Hospital of Orange County killed another 89 jobs. This is on top of the 61 layoffs in June and the 20 layoffs in May, for a grand total of 170 in three months! Hospital officials say job layoffs are the only way they can deal with decreasing insurance payments caused by Obama Care.  In San Pablo, West Contra Costa Healthcare District- Doctors Medical Center shutdown in September, 832 healthcare jobs lost!  In Torrance, Obama Care forced American Medical Response of Southern California to shutdown in November, 120 healthcare jobs lost!  In Montebello, insurance industry created Obama Care forced Beverly Community Hospital to cull 82 healthcare jobs in September.  In Sylmar, God can’t stop the new Obama Care medical device taxes from killing 270 jobs with medical device maker Saint Jude Medical!  In Oakland, Sutter Health/Alta Bates Summit Medical Center laid off four more healthcare workers.  In Lancaster, Obama Care killed at least 99 jobs with Antelope Valley Hospital in November.   In San Jose, BD Biosciences warned it will kill 60 jobs in November.   In Fountain Valley, Los Alamitos and Palm Springs Obama Care killed off Morrison Healthcare. The provider of meals to hospitals and nursing homes announced they will shutdown in November, 229 jobs lost! In Rancho Cucamonga, intravascular imaging medical company Volcano Corporation issued a WARN saying 170 people will become unemployed before Xmas!   Unnamed former employees revealed that Obama Care is forcing American Medical Response (owned by Envision Health) to save money by shutting down its Salida billing center and move it to Philippines, 200 U.S. jobs lost!  In Newbury Park, legal drugs pusher Amgen issued a WARN saying they will kill off 349 jobs just three days before Xmas!    In Fremont, Obama Care killed 31 jobs at Washington Hospital, that’s on top of the already 196 jobs destroyed since 2013! Hospital administrators directly blamed the federal government: “Washington Hospital experienced a cumulative net revenue loss of more than $74 million during the past five years due to federal payment reforms, some of which were mandated by the Affordable Care Act.”-Christopher Brown

Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital killing 120 healthcare jobs! Hospital administrators say insurance written Obama Care (Affordable Car Act) is forcing them to cut back in the name of being “efficient”.  However, like frogs in a boiling pot, it’s obvious that the ignorant healthcare workers are still oblivious to what Obama Care is doing to them, instead blaming the hospital for reducing access to medical care: “There’s no way they can propose this plan without threatening patient care!”-Damian Tryon, California Nurses Association

Colorado: In Leadville, after 135 years (surviving the Great Depression and numerous recessions) God refuses to stop the shutdown of Christian founded Saint Vincent Hospital.  Perhaps because of reduced payments caused by Obama Care, the administrators say they cannot afford to fix the broken heating system.

Florida:   In Saint Petersburg, Obama Care forced the nearly 40 years old Edward White Hospital to shutdown in November, 363 jobs affected! Hospital administrators blame the federal government for slashing funding, and pro-insurance industry Obama Care for causing a drop in customers.  In Polk County, Chapters Health System killing 89 healthcare jobs at their LifePath Hospice, Good Shepherd and Chapters’ palliative care and pharmacy programs. Hospital officials directly blamed Obama Care (Affordable Care Act) for drastically reducing payments for people on Medicare and Medicaid, which make up 92% of Chapters Health System’s clients!   University of Florida Health to sell off its Medicaid focused First Coast Advantage healthcare operations, at least 63 healthcare jobs lost.  In Saint Petersburg, the nearly 40 years old Edward White Hospital  shutdown, 363 jobs affected! Hospital administrators blame the federal government for slashing funding, and pro-insurance industry Obama Care for causing a drop in customers.

Georgia: 55 years old logistics company Drug Transport now chapter 11 bankrupt busted. The company supplied critical shipments to hospitals, nursing homes, and clinics.  God refuses to stop Saint Francis Hospital from laying off 65 healthcare workers, suddenly. Administrators implied that reduced funding caused by Obama Care forced them to re-examine their ‘books’, during which they discovered they were $30-million short! Administrators admitted to employees that they “overestimated” expected payments.

Hawaii: Obama Care killed off 35 healthcare jobs with Hawaii Health Systems Corporation. Hospital administrators said the layoffs will take place in December. They say Obama Care (Affordable Care Act) caused them to lose at least $48-million!

Idaho: In Boise, the Elk’s Rehab Center shutting down, 516 jobs lost as Saint Luke’s Health System takes over in September! Reports say Saint Luke’s claims it needs only 400 employees to do the same job, so a net job loss of 116!

Illinois:   In Palatine and Inverness, Obama Care killing off 14 years old non-profit Wellness Place cancer center. Kathy Scortino, clinical director and interim executive director, hinted that Obama Care was the last straw because “It just became very difficult to sustain it financially.”   In Rockford, the College of Medicine shutdown their psychiatric clinic by the end of September.  2-thousand patients affected! Clinic officials blame never ending funding cuts.   Marion General Hospital warned it will layoff 69 employees in February 2015.

Indiana: Columbus Regional Health announced that ObamaCare was forcing them to eliminate 219 jobs! Administrators say ObamaCare has caused them to loose about $17-million in 2014!  Obama Care killing 361 rescue jobs with ambulance service provider Rural/Metro Corporation! More than 30 communities will lose ambulance service! Company officials directly blamed reduced insurance reimbursements caused by Obama Care. What was that about Obama Care increasing access to healthcare?   Monroe Hospital is chapter 11 bankrupt busted and up for sale! But it’s not all Obama Care’s fault, hospital officials also blame the greedy property owners.  Non-profit behavioral and development treatment center Damar Services laid off 44 employees.  Obama Care killing 150 healthcare jobs at Union Hospital in Terre Haute! The CEO said “We face numerous challenges due to changes in the healthcare environment…”

Kentucky: The Kentucky Association of Regional Programs says 33 of 50 mental health programs across the state have shutdown! Four mental health providers have cut their operating hours in half! Kentucky Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities blames Obama Care (Affordable Care Act) for changing how mental health care is handled. More than 1-thousand patients affected!  Obama Care killing 70 healthcare jobs at Jennie Stuart Medical Center: “…like many hospitals nationwide….We are adjusting to federal sequester cuts, declining Medicare reimbursement, an increasingly complex and restrictive Medicaid system, and a commercial insurance marketplace that is placing more of the burden of cost on its insureds.”– official statement from hospital

Louisiana: The third best ranked hospital in the Pelican State, Saint Francis Medical Center, announced 300 healthcare workers will become unemployed! Administrators blamed Obama Care, referring to it as “Major market shifts in the health care industry”.

Massachusetts:  Steward Health Care System announced they will shutdown their Quincy Medical Center at the end of December, 680 jobs lost!  In Leominster, Obama Care forced HealthAlliance Hospital to kill off 18 jobs (on top of the 160 jobs killed off earlier in the year). Crashing patient referrals caused by Obama Care, and a referring hospital, forced Radius Specialty Hospital to warn that it must shutdown two rehabilitation facilities, 350 healthcare jobs lost! Cape Cod Healthcare laid off eight lab workers. Many full time jobs are being cut back to part time.  Peabody based medical imaging company Analogic announced they’re laying off 50 employees. As a portent of the worsening economy to come, company officials said Obama Care is forcing them to reduce costs by $6-million starting in 2015!  In Easthampton, medical plastics maker Berry Plastics ‘voluntarily retired’ 23 employees. Company administrators blamed it on crashing sales.  Obama Care has caused Southcoast Health to layoff 70 people. Administrators say their 2014 revenues are down 3% due to pro-insurance industry Obama Care.  Non-profit Masonic Health System warned of layoffs at its Overlook Life Care Community, and as a result of its sale of its failed Overlook Health Care operation.

Michigan:    In order to cut costs due to reduced payments caused by Obama Care,  Holland Hospital laid off all their in-house language interpreters.  In Owosso, Planned Parenthood shutting down in December due to crashing federal funding.  Detroit Medical Center going to a new contracted janitor service putting 565 jobs at seven hospitals in limbo, right before Xmas!   Insurance industry written Obama Care killed off Gerontology Network‘s CareTree Adult Day Care service, along with their Outreach and Assistance program.  An undisclosed number of healthcare workers laid off.  In Rochester Hills, the non-profit Crittenton Hospital Medical Center revealed it is now up for sale. Hospital officials say since Obama Care went into effect their financial losses have increased by tens of millions of dollars! The city of Flint is warning that Obama Care’s increased employee benefit costs, and the bad economy, are pushing the city into bankruptcy: “Flint’s at the forefront, but a lot of cities are on the same train, and that train is headed for the cliff!”-Eric Scorsone, Michigan State University economist

Southwest Regional Rehabilitation Center shutting down and killing off 96 jobs due to reduced inpatient care caused by Obama Care: “We wish we weren’t writing the final chapter, but the changing healthcare environment has left us no alternative.”-Jim Hettinger, Board of Trustees

The CEO of the Oaklawn Hospital, Ginger Williams, said people should have seen this coming before Obama Care became law, saying it’s “…an unfortunate, but entirely predictable, consequence of health care reform.”

Mississippi: Obama Care forced Singing River Health System to shutdown two of their Medworks clinics in August, one in Gautier and one in D’Iberville. Back in March, hospital officials revealed that even with the new Obama Care that $88-million in medical services will not be paid for! Officials say Obama Care is not solving the problem of people who can’t pay for medical care: “The amount of uncompensated care that we generate every year is growing every year, and it is the largest it has ever been! This is a very difficult time in the industry.”-Kevin Holland, CEO

Obama Care forced Trace Regional Hospital to shutdown their Emergency Room in September: “The federal government is cutting or eliminating programs that pay hospitals for treating uninsured patients. This money is being redirected to fund the cost of Medicaid expansion….”-David Blount, state senator

Missouri: The largest pharmacy benefits manager in the United States, Saint Louis based Express Scripts, announced they will kill off 400 jobs on top of the 19-hundred jobs already killed off this year!   In Mount Vernon, the Missouri Rehabilitation Center and VA Clinic shutting down! It’s run by greedy Missouri University Health System, who basically said they’re losing money on the veteran care op. Veteran Larry Hilburn accused them of constantly short changing veterans: “There’s a lot of veterans that need more help than they’re getting!”

Builder of hospitals, HBE Company, has ceased building new hospitals due to Obama Care! Former employees blamed it on the Obama Care funding crash, saying losses accelerated into Death Spiral mode in 2013. Here’s what HBE President and CEO Fred Kummer said: “The reason for the decision to stop seeking future work is a result of the very real changes that the current administration in Washington has brought about in healthcare.”

Aramark Healthcare Support Services warned they will render 100 people jobless at the Saint Louis University Hospital in February 2015!

Montana: The state’s Department of Livestock warned of layoffs and unpaid furloughs due to increased spending on brucellosis testing on cows, and increased employee insurance and retirement funding mandated by Obama Care! To make things worse, state administrators have actually cut overall funding for the Department of Livestock.

Nebraska: God refused to stop Kearney based Christian CHI Health Good Samaritan from making this statement: “CHI will eliminate 1,500 administrative and support positions across the country by Jan. 30, 2015.”

New Jersey:  In Ridgewood, Obama Care is the final straw that killed off decades old Harding Pharmacy and Liquors. The independent owner of the store directly blamed “reduced reimbursements” for forcing him to sell out and go to work for a competing pharmacy.  Obama Care killing 102 jobs at Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center! Hospital officials say the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has caused a 30% reduction in healthcare customers, just from May 2014 to June 2014!  In Secaucus, Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center to kill 102 healthcare jobs! The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act caused the hospital to lose 30% of its patients just in the month of May! Obama Care could be the final nail in the coffin for Meadowlands hospital, which is facing legal problems due to the fact it’s being run by vulture capitalist investors who have no experience in the medical field.   Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton warned state administrators that they will render 87 healthcare workers jobless by the end of 2014.  Woodbridge Developmental Center, a home for people with developmental disabilities, announced it will shutdown on New Year’s Day, 333 patients affected, 622 jobs lost!

New Mexico: ABQ Health Partners revealed they killed off 54 healthcare jobs in October.  According to the New Mexico Hospital Association (NMHA) Obama Care is destroying access to healthcare! 20 of New Mexico’s 44 hospitals have killed jobs and cut services as a direct result of insurance payment reductions mandated by Obama Care: “…. key services are being eroded around the state at the very time when services are needed to respond to the growing demand resulting from coverage expansion.”-Jeff Dye, NMHA

New York:  In Hawthorne, Quintiles Medical Education warned it is shutting down in December, at least 27 jobs lost. In Buffalo, medical supplies maker Ethox Medical warned it is being sold off sometime after December, 62 employees affected.  Is Obama Care behind the shutdown of Robert Mapplethorpe Residential Treatment Facility? Administrators say they will shutdown in December, at least 33 jobs lost.  God refuses to stop Obama Care(?) from shutting down the Convent of Mary the Queen nursing home. Christian leaders say they will shut it down by June 2015 (layoffs will begin in December), and shift many of the residents to a Jewish nursing home. That Which Cannot be Named is refusing to stop Obama Care from killing 58 mental and physically disabled healthcare jobs at the Jewish Board of Family and Children Services.  That Which Cannot be Named refuses to stop the selloff of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine Yeshiva University Substance Abuse Treatment program at three Bronx locations, 189 jobs now in limbo!  In Hamilton, is Obama Care behind the shutdown of Community Memorial?  Nursing facility administrators warned they will shutdown in December, at least 29 jobs lost.  It was revealed that Obama Care killed jobs with Rural/Metro Medical Services in July. Company administrators finally notified the state in September that they killed off at least 68 jobs.    In Vestal, Obama Care forced Practicare Medical Management to kill 76 healthcare jobs in November.  South Brookhaven Health Center West announced they will kill 93 healthcare jobs at their two hospitals in Shirley and Patchogue.  231 jobs lost as the Rivington House Healthcare Facility shutdown!  In NYC, healthcare provider SinglePoint Care Network warned they will shutdown in January 2015, at least 22 jobs lost.  59 employees were already let go from October to December.  In Fishkill, Mid Hudson Medical Group revealed they have sold out to Mount Kisco Medical Group, 746 healthcare jobs now in limbo!  Due to Obama Care Eastern Niagara Hospital ceased its inpatient care services at its Newfane hospital, and ceased its ER ops at its Lockport hospital, 300+ jobs lost as a result! Eastern Niagara Hospital administrators say they’ve lost $1.7-million since Obama Care went into effect: “Healthcare is undergoing a very significant change. Hospitalizations are decreasing and work is shifting to outpatient care, so we are reacting to the shifts that are occurring.”-Clair Haar, CEO

In Wyandanch, Obama Care forced Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center to shutdown in October, 64 healthcare jobs lost.   The Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center sold off its Chronic Dialysis Centers in Bay Shore and Lindenhurst, at least 102 jobs in limbo!  The Visiting Nurse Service of New York Home Care (VNSNY) added more people to their Obama Care job culling; dozens of healthcare workers at 13 locations will become jobless in January 2015.

North Carolina:  Washington County Hospital in Plymouth laid off 35 employees. Administrators blamed it on problems with North Carolina’s handling of Obama Care.  UNC Health Care reports that Obama Care has lost them $4-million in revenue! They are now $8-million behind on their budget! UNC Health Care administrators say they are still owed $15-million from the state and federal governments!  Dosher Memorial Hospital now asking that all healthcare workers who’re 60 years of age and had five years of employment, to take early retirement! If that’s not enough they’ll be forced to outright layoff healthcare workers. Hospital officials blame the bad economy made worse by reduced insurance payments due to Obama Care. Administrators with giant Vidant Health are directly blaming Obama Care for crashing revenues, which are forcing them to kill 175 healthcare jobs! Vidant Health runs eight hospitals in-state and was planning on spending $128-million for upgrades, but officials say if the Obama Care insurance payments reductions get worse then the upgrades are off.  Obama Care killing off the Women’s Hospital in Greensboro. The operator, Cone Health, says cost cutting forced by Obama Care means they must consolidate healthcare services into fewer hospitals.   After 35 years Obama Care (Affordable Care Act) forced Cancer Centers of North Carolina (CCNC) to shutdown in October, 135 healthcare jobs lost: “The doctors have really tried for the past couple years to stay independent. They just can’t sustain it anymore.”-Sheri Dyke, CCNC director

In Belhaven, Vidant Pungo Hospital shutdown without notice: “Closing this hospital means everybody takes another 30 minutes to get emergency help. 30 minutes is a long time when you’re dying!”-Adam O’Neal, mayor

Hospital officials point out they are building a new 24 hours clinic (which is more cost effective under Obama Care), and they also pointed out that city officials failed to take part in negotiations: “The Town’s recent accusations only serve to disguise the fact that it has failed to fulfill its obligations as outlined by the mediation agreement…… the lack of response made it apparent that the Town knew that it did not have a plan to take over hospital operations…….The mediation agreement clearly stated that the Town of Belhaven was required to work with Pantego Creek, LLC, for use of the hospital property. To our knowledge, the Town never contacted Pantego Creek prior to June 11.”

Cape Fear Valley Health reported a $24-million loss in 2013, and expects to loose another $16-million by the end of 2014 due to Obama Care, so they fired 19 of their Harnett Health employees.  Morehead Memorial Hospital laid off 22 people, and reduced the work hours for another 160!  WFMY News 2 reported that hospital administrators directly blame Obama Care.

Ohio:  Medical supplies maker Invacare killing 210 healthcare jobs globally, 60 in Ohio.  Obama Care killing 47 healthcare jobs at Trumble Memorial Hospital. Obama Care is forcing the hospital to get rid of LPNs, however, the unionized nurses will take it to court.   United Rehabilitation Services shutdown its Berry Hearing Center.  Butler County eliminated 14 jobs by shutting down the Family Connections operation, as well as five other Children Services jobs. County administrators are contracting out the jobs to save money as a result of the radical changes in Medicaid payments caused by Obama Care.

Pennsylvania:  Apparently Obama Care doesn’t want men having sex.  A legal drugs pushing company that makes money off of penis dysfunction, Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, laid off 200 employees! Company administrators directly blamed the new taxes created by the so called ‘Affordable Care Act’, and warned more layoffs on the way as they are now moving their U.S. operations to Canada!  Medical device maker Echo Theraputics announced they must layoff 35% of their employees.  In Lehigh County, Obama Care killed 11 jobs at the county funded Cedarbrook nursing home.  Sharon Regional Health System eliminated about 87 jobs, some local news reports said the actual number is a secret.

South Dakota: In Rapid City, Planned Parenthood shutdown in December, due to federal funding cuts.

Tennessee: City of Memphis officials say Obama Care has jacked up the cost of employee insurance so much that they’re forced to reduce how much the city pays, meaning employees will have to pay a greater share of their insurance costs. Hey you cops, don’t get mad at your employer, get mad at insurance industry authored Obama Care! God can’t stop pro-insurance industry Obama Care from forcing Baptist Memorial Health Care from killing 112 healthcare related jobs! The Memphis based hospital system runs 14 hospitals in several states. Administrators reported that as of June 2014 Obama Care caused them to lose $124-million!

Texas:  More Obama Care BS as United Regional Health Care System laid off 14 employees. An anonymous letter to a local newspaper said the affected employees were “certified phlebotomists”.   Obama Care involved in University Medical Center’s (UMC) decision to kill 56 healthcare jobs at the two years old non-profit El Paso Children’s Hospital (which was built with local taxpayer funding). UMC officials say most of the patients at the Children’s Hospital cannot pay for their medical care, despite Obama Care, to the tune of $70-million in lost revenue for UMC! The UMC director was slightly perturbed: “It’s just plain shitty! There’s a lot of emotion, but that’s how I feel!”-Jim Valenti, UMC CEO for past ten years

Valenti says UMC must now borrow $20-million to float itself. He refused to directly blame Obama Care (Affordable Care Act) but said that because of the so called federal health care reforms “We are in no position to continue subsidizing Children’s Hospital through the coming years.”

God refused to stop the ‘Christian’ operator of the taxpayer owned Ambrosio Guillen Veterans Home from becoming chapter 11 bankrupt busted. Senior Dimensions-Sears Methodist Retirement System swears their bankruptcy won’t affect the care of military veterans. However, an unnamed insider told a local news source that “They’re not doing what they’re supposed to do. Things were going real good a year ago. Not now.”

Virginia: In Fredericksburg, non-profit Mary Washington Healthcare laid off 66 healthcare workers without notice: “This came as a complete shock! Everyone had their mouths open!”-hospital employee who refused to be named by local news media  (obviously healthcare workers haven’t been reading my job losses reports, or they would be well aware of the Obama Care job destruction)

Mary Washington Healthcare administrators said they’re also cutting pay for 46 other employees. 157 employees will be transfered elsewhere! The non-profit hospital has lost $31-million since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (Obama Care)!

Medical testing lab Health Diagnostic Laboratory revealed they laid off 132 employees!  However, the company has been accused of paying (bribing) health care providers to use their service.

Washington: Legal drugs pusher Amgen announced they will shutdown their Seattle area ops, killing off 274 jobs by 31 December, another 386 jobs will be killed off in 2015! The announcement comes just a couple of days after Amgen announced it would kill off 349 jobs in California three days before Xmas! It’s all part of Amgen’s plans to kill off a total of 29-hundred jobs by the end of 2015!

Wisconsin: Non-profit WPS Health Insurance (aka Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation) laid off 20 IT (information technology) workers. The company laid off 250 people in 2013!   Administrators blame their military Tricare (formerly known as CHAMPUS, Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services) and Medicare contracts, as well as blaming Obama Care: “The reality is the competition for these government contracts, along with health care reform, is requiring everyone to look for more efficiencies.”– Ellen Foley

1st six months of 2014