Last month Northeast Ohio was shocked when Community Health announced that they would be buying Akron General which would also mean a merge with Cleveland Clinic. Great, more monopolized healthcare, Right?! Everyone
seemed a bit surprise, except for all the Akron General employees who knew
there was a change in the future, because of the recent layoffs within our own
health system.
We as employees were just unsure as to what the change was
going to be. The healthcare law already has us jumping through loops. It has as
a whole has put a lot of restrictions and regulation on treatment plans for our
patient. I can honestly say we all had a bad gut feeling that there would be
job changes with the new health care cost
In a meeting that held the same day the announcement was
made, Akron General upper management assured us that it did not look like there
would be any more layoffs with the merge and that this would be a great thing
for northeast Ohio. Unfortunately that does not seem to be the case- Cleveland
Clinic came out yesterday, not even a month later saying that thanks to the new
health care law and unseen changes they would have to make 300 million cut to
their budget which include........ Jobs.
Because of Medicaid’s horrible reimbursement rate, the new
government funded health care that everyone is buying into doesn't look any
better than our already tax supported government healthcare program (Medicaid).
Hospital and doctors know there not going to be getting paid. In 2012 only 1
out of 3 doctors would even accept Medicaid.
This just a few examples of why Obamacare is bad for you and
I as individuals and us as a country. The lasting negative effects of
government run healthcare will push us as a country further into debt and deny
many the care they need. Through loss of funding and multiplying restrictions
that could hinder the quality of people's lives if not cause death in some cases.
It is so important to talk to the leaders you voted into office. Make sure that
they are there tomorrow fighting to defund Obamacare. As we know the bill will
start out in the House of Representatives and move on to the Senate, where I
believe it will come up against opposition. Once again: It is important to contact those who hold
office and let them know the negative effects Obamacare is having on you
personally, the local economy and our nation as a whole. There are forces at
work that are trying change the foundation of our country through the
falsehoods of what is for the common good. Who are these people that they think
they can pay god with our lives, our well-being and our future. This is also a
time to call out to God, the one true physician, Who healed the blind and made the lame walk, Pray for our country's leaders and the current healthcare workers across the nation as they work day in and day out savings lives though him.
Tomorrow is a big day.
Sunshine Girl in Red.
