UC San Diego Health puts 230 workers

UC San Diego Health dismissed around 230 workers, or around 1.5% of its workforce, citing Monday, citing financial editing and concerns about the potential change in policy in Washington.

“The decision was made only in response to the financial pressures of the assembly caused by the federal impacts on health care, regulatory uncertainty and the increase in costs of the care of care combined with the Medicare, Medicaid reimbursement rates and insurers who do not follow the rate of the real cost of care,” said a spokesperson by email.

Professional and technical employees of the university, a union which represents some of the affected workers, said that layoffs affected certain first -line positions and could compromise care for patients.

The union said that the cuts have occurred even if the University of California has more than $ 26 billion in liquid reserves, in order to link the financial health of the medical system to the largest academic system.

UC San Diego Health stressed that he is not the only one to make labor adjustments, noting that “staff reductions are experienced by health systems across the country”.

This year, Peacehealth, Providence, NewYork-Presbyterian Health System, University of New Mexico Hospital, Penn Medicine, Yale New Haven Health, Mass General Brigham, Jefferson Health and Lehigh Valley Health Network all left workers or consolidate their management teams, citing concerns concerning adaptation and financial challenges.

Health systems allow workers while waiting for the final repercussions of the Congress reconciliation bill, which would reduce the funding of Medicaid.

The house narrowly passed Legislation at the end of last month, which called for significant program reductions, work requirements and an increase in eligibility controls. This month, the Senate Republicans published their own version of the bill, which included even deeper cuts in Medicaid.

If the legislation adopts, this could have drastic impacts on providers’ income, according to experts. Additional health care licensees would probably follow, warns a report by Commonwealth Fund and George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health.

Nearly 500,000 health workers would lose their jobs in the event of MEDICAIDS cuts and to spend food assistance at the congress, including those working in hospitals, doctors’ firms, pharmacies and long -term care establishments, according to the report.