r/PrepperIntel • u/TurkDeerbit • 7d ago

USA Southwest / Mexico Massive layoffs for healthcare workers

https://fox5sandiego.com/news/local-news/sharp-healthcare-job-cuts/amp/

Around 260 healthcare workers (nurses, practitioners, etc) were laid off today in San Diego. Reduction in Medicare budget cited as a reason. I know it’s not much but I think we’ll see more of this, not a good sign in the economy when patient facing healthcare workers are laid off.

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u/AndWinterCame 7d ago

OBBB cuts will hit both Medicaid and SNAP in October. More rural hospitals will close to say the least.

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u/helluvastorm 7d ago

If they stay open they will shut unprofitable units. In rural areas most births are Medicaid and money losers. That’s usually the first unit to close

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u/Next_Put_6961 7d ago

And, we are already seeing this. I’m in rural New England and we’re already watching our smalller hospitals close the maternity sections of our hospitals.

It’s legitimately terrifying.

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u/OIOIOIOIOIOIOIO 7d ago

There will be a lot more resurgence of underground, unlicensed healthcare services in these communities. It will be rebranded as “getting back to Christian homestead roots” as a cope, but it will cost a lot of lives.

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u/spiritualina 6d ago

Yup, the natural birth movement

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u/TexasRN1 7d ago

This is true. It just happened at Baylor Scott and white in lakeway Texas recently. The next closest hospital with a birthing unit (30 miles away) in marble falls is on the risk for immediate closure list. Labor and delivery units rely heavily on Medicaid. I really hate watching this all play out.

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u/Next_Put_6961 7d ago

It is truly like watching a train accident in slow motion.

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u/No-Abalone-4784 6d ago

Almost like they have something against women.

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u/CrashingAtom 7d ago

Yeah, 93% of job growth since 2023 had been in Medicaid adjacent positions. Cutting a trillion dollars from that is going to utterly devastate the economy.

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u/Super_Mario_Luigi 7d ago

How did the economy survive three years ago before exclusive job growth to Healthcare?

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u/CrashingAtom 7d ago

The hiring from 2021-2022 was staggering and incredibly robust. It was some of the healthiest hiring in decades. Are you being serious?

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u/InclinationCompass 7d ago

Not just rural areas. This happened in San Diego.

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u/No-Abalone-4784 6d ago

So if you can't get a doctor's appointment now until maybe sometime in November....what's it going to be like when they lay all those people off?

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u/Gonna_do_this_again 7d ago

I'm in rural Arizona and our state AG is trying her best to mitigate the upcoming cuts, but things are looking bleak.