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well, Tibs has resurfaced.
glad to see you're ok and not a stat.
glad to see you're ok and not a stat.
which is precisely what a ******* **** ton of us on this board have been saying since prior to Covid.
are you getting the ******* picture now, you dim *******?
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Because he's a raving lunatic? I dunno, just a wild guess, a shot in the dark.
Nah, I just think it comes off as a self serving pep rally. I mean he has to tout what they are doing because if they don’t, no one will. I just find it off putting.
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Always knew you were racist.
How is the family business doing?
Would you rather that he just take the lies from fake news and turtle? If he doesn’t say anything positive no one will. Unless it was Black Jesus in this situation. Speaking of that, this never would’ve happened with Oterrorist in office. Swine flu, or one of the viruses of the year, is proof of that.
COVID19 is going to overwhelm our hospital systems. Just you wait.
221 hospitals furloughing workers in response to COVID-19
Many U.S. hospitals and health systems have suspended elective procedures to save capacity, supplies and staff to treat COVID-19 patients.
As a result of suspending these nonemergent procedures, several systems have lost or expect to lose a large chunk of their annual revenue, forcing them to make cost reduction a top priority.
Below is a breakdown of the hospitals that have furloughed staff in an effort to remain financially stable amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Editor's Note: This webpage will be updated daily as more hospitals and health systems announce furloughs.
April 30
1. Hospital Sisters Health Systems, a 15-hospital system in Springfield, Ill., will furlough a portion of its staff due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to WAND TV. The health system said the furloughs were necessary to ensure it can remain financially stable. The furloughs were both voluntary and involuntary.
2. The Christ Hospital, based in Cincinnati, will furlough a portion of its staff that is not directly involved in patient care, according to WLWT. The furloughs, which will begin in May, will last 60 days. Affected employees can apply for unemployment and retain their healthcare benefits.
3. Citing a significant reduction in revenue due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Newburyport, Mass.-based Anna Jaques Hospital has furloughed 134 employees, according to the NewburyportNews.com. The unpaid furloughs affect about 10 percent of the hospital's workforce.
4. Encompass Health, a Birmingham, Ala.-based operator of post-acute services, has implemented market-specific furloughs, according to Home Health Care News. The decision is to better align staffing with demand amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the report. It is unclear how many employees are affected.
5. Due to the patient volume drop amid the COVID-19 pandemic, some employees at San Francisco-based UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals have had their hours cut, according to The San Francisco Chronicle. One employee, Stephanie Lum Ho, a physical therapist who works at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital in Walnut Creek, Calif., said her hours were cut in half.
April 29
1. Stamford (Conn.) Health plans to furlough 375 employees to help offset a revenue loss from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Stamford Advocate. The health system said revenue was down $10 million in March, and that loss is expected to hit $27 million in April. The health system has 3,600 employees.
2. Citing a revenue loss of $85 million per month due to the COVID-19 pandemic, University of Virginia Health System in Charlottesville, plans to furlough a portion of its staff not involved in direct patient care. The furloughs will last up to three months. Affected employees can retain their health insurance benefits and can use their paid time off to help offset some of the pay loss. The health system also plans to reduce executive and physician compensation.
3. St. Joseph Mercy Health System in Livingston, Mich., has furloughed 50 staff members due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Livingston Daily. The furloughs affected support staff from both of the health systems locations.
4. After exhausting other alternatives to shore up finances amid the pandemic, University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center will begin furloughing employees in May, according to WXXI News. The hospital system hasn't yet determined the number of employees that will be affected or how long the furlough will last.
5. Citing a patient volume and revenue drop from the COVID-19 pandemic, Coshocton (Ohio) Regional Medical Center has furloughed a portion of its 320 employees, according to the Coshocton Tribune. The furloughs are expected to last until May 31.
6. Willis-Knighton Health System in Shreveport, La., has placed a portion of its staff on unpaid leave. Affected staff worked in areas where the health system found a lower or nonexistent demand for services. In a statement provided to Becker's Hospital Review, Chief Administrative Officer Brian Crawford said the state's directive to curb non-emergent procedures and the effects of the pandemic left about half of the services provided by Willis-Knighton significantly reduced or halted.
7. Henderson, Ky.-based Methodist Health plans to furlough 50 employees due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to WEHT. The health system said patient volumes have been gravely affected by the state ban on non-emergent procedures.
April 28
1. To help minimize the financial hit from the COVID-19 pandemic, St. Louis-based SSM Health plans to furlough 2,000 employees. The furloughs, expected to last at least 13 weeks, will affect about 5 percent of the health system's workforce. The health system said it also plans to place more workers on partial furlough or reduce their hours. Affected employees can apply for federal and state unemployment.
2. Bethel, Alaska-based Yukon-Kuskokwim Health will furlough, lay off or reduce hours of 300 workers to help offset a revenue loss attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Alaska Public Radio. The cuts and furloughs will occur across four categories: workers who are immediately laid off, workers who are furloughed, workers who volunteer for furlough and workers who have their hours cut by 50 percent. The health system employs about 1,400 people.
3. Citing a projected $100 million shortfall in revenue from March through June due to the pandemic, Rancho Mirage, Calif.-based Eisenhower Health has furloughed a portion of its staff, according to The Desert Sun. About 30 to 35 employees have been fully furloughed and others have been partially furloughed with reduced hours.
4. Washington, Ind.-based Daviess Community Hospital has furloughed a portion of its staff to help stabilize its financial position after a revenue loss caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Washington Times Herald. Affected employees can retain their benefits and have the opportunity to apply for unemployment. The furloughs will be reevaluated after 30 days.
5. University of Vermont Health System in Burlington has furloughed a few hundred employees due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to NBC affiliate NECN. About 70 of the affected staffers were reassigned to different roles within the health system. The exact number of furloughed employees was not disclosed.
6. Citing a 40 percent reduction in patient volume and a resulting revenue drop, Memphis, Tenn.-based Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare has furloughed a portion of its staff, according to the Daily Memphian. Some of the employees volunteered to take furloughs. Employees will still have health insurance benefits.
7. Palm Springs, Calif.-based Desert Regional Medical Center has furloughed an undisclosed number of employees because of a patient volume drop amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to The Desert Sun.
8. Oceanside, Calif.-based Tri-City Medical Center has sent layoff or furlough notices to 24 nurses amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Voice of San Diego.
April 27
1. Citing a revenue loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Jackson-based West Tennessee Healthcare has furloughed 1,100 individuals of its 7,000-person workforce. The health system said it lost $18 million in March due to the statewide ban on elective procedures that went into effect March 23. To comply with the order, the health system temporarily shut down some hospital departments as well as its outpatient surgery center.
2. Annapolis, Md.-based Anne Arundel Medical Center has furloughed 1,000 employees due to low patient volume and other financial challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic. All furloughed employees received 80 hours of pay and are able to retain their benefits through June 30. The medical center said it plans to redeploy some of the furloughed workers to support an anticipated COVID-19 surge.
3. Lexington, Ky.-based UK Healthcare has furloughed 1,500 employees to help offset a COVID-19-related revenue loss, according to Kentucky.com. The health system said it has seen a drop in the number of services offered after elective procedures were canceled statewide in March. The health system said earlier in April it planned to place some employees on unpaid leave after April 25 if the pandemic continued to affect operations.
4. St. Joseph Hospital in Nashua, N.H., has furloughed 300 employees due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to WMUR. The furloughs affect about 20 percent of the hospital's employees. In March, the hospital said it lost $3.6 million in revenue, a number expected to double by the end of April.
5. Citing a financial hit from the COVID-19 pandemic, Fresno, Calif.-based St. Agnes Medical Center has furloughed 175 employees, according to ABC affiliate KFSN. The hospital said it has seen a large drop in the number of elective surgeries and emergency room visits during the pandemic. Affected employees are able to retain healthcare benefits.
6. Pikeville (Ky.) Medical Center has furloughed more than 200 employees amid mounting financial pressure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to WCHS TV. The medical center said that the furloughs are necessary because it is predicting a "significant historical financial loss for April." The furloughs took effect April 26.
7. In an effort to offset financial losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Cody (Wyo.) Regional Health said it is furloughing a portion of its nonclinical staff, according to The Cody Enterprise. The health system said the furloughs will last at least two months. Since the crisis began, Cody Regional Health's revenue has been down 60 percent, according to the report.
8. Citing a decrease in patient volume and revenue, Mobile, Ala.-based Infirmary Health has furloughed a portion of its staff, according to NBC 15. Affected employees will retain their healthcare benefits.
9. Show Low, Ariz.-based Summit Healthcare, projecting a revenue decrease of 40 percent to 50 percent due to COVID-19, is asking employees to voluntarily take furloughs, according to the White Mountain Independent. The hospital system said that the state ban on elective surgeries has significantly reduced workloads and volumes. The voluntary furloughs would begin May 2 and last 90 days.
"Furloughing allows us to retain talent while providing limited benefits," Summit Healthcare CEO Ron McArthur told the publication.
10. Dalles, Ore.-based Mid-Columbia Medical Center plans to furlough employees beginning May 3 in an effort to help offset losses attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to The Dalles Chronicle. The furloughs will affect departments that are not seeing a high patient volume.
11. Due to a revenue loss from the COVID-19 pandemic, Stanford (Calif.) Health Care employees have the option to take a 20 percent pay cut, using paid time off, or taking a furlough, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Employees must use one of those options between April 27 and July 4.
April 24
1. HealthPartners will furlough 2,600 workers in an effort to help offset the financial hit from the COVID-19 pandemic, the seven-hospital system in Bloomington, Minn., said April 23. The furloughs, made because the pandemic caused an "immediate and significant decrease in revenue," affect about 10 percent of its workforce. The furloughs will take place in areas where the organization has stopped, slowed or deferred work temporarily.
2. Citing financial challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Buffalo, N.Y.-based Catholic Health plans to furlough up to 1,200 employees, according to WKBW. The furloughs will affect management and non-management positions. They will begin April 26 and will be reevaluated after 30 days. Affected employees will retain health benefits and can apply for unemployment.
3. Kansas City, Mo.-based Children's Mercy will furlough 575 employees for up to 60 days, according to KCTV 5. The furloughs will take effect April 26. Hospital officials said the furloughs are an effort to help offset fiscal losses attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic.
4. Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital in Grand Rapids, Mich., has furloughed 20 percent of its employees due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to WOOD TV. The furloughs will affect about 400 staffers. Furloughed employees have access to health and life insurance through June 30.
5. Maryville, Tenn.-based Blount Memorial Hospital has furloughed 211 employees due to low patient volume amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to The Daily Times.
6. Citing a loss of $10 million per month due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Chicago-based Sinai Health System plans to lay off 24 nonclinical employees, furlough about 150 caregivers and cut hours for another 200 employees, according to Crain's Chicago Business. The four-hospital system said it plans to call 200 furloughed employees back to work in 60 days.
7. After suffering a steep financial loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Bangor, Maine-based St. Joseph Healthcare has furloughed 100 of its 1,200 employees, according to The Bangor Daily News. St. Joseph said it ended March with an operating loss of $4 million and expects a bigger hit in April. The majority of affected staff volunteered to take a furlough.
8. Laurinburg, N.C.-based Scotland Health Care System will furlough nearly 70 employees through June 30, according to The Laurinburg Exchange. Most affected employees work in nonclinical roles, though some front-line staff were furloughed. The health system said the furloughs were necessary given the drop in patient volume and revenue caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
9. Citing a slowdown in elective procedures and a resulting revenue drop, St. Paul, Minn.-based Regions Hospital plans to furlough about 30 employees, according to the Pioneer Press. The affected employees include nurses, physicians, lab techs and other emergency room staffers.
10. Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Wake Forest Baptist Health plans to furlough a portion of its leadership and administrative staff as early as next week, according to The Winston-Salem Journal. The furlough period would last 16 weeks. It is unclear how many employees will be affected.
April 23
1. Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System plans to furlough 2,800 staffers not directly involved in patient care due to financial damage from the COVID-19 pandemic. The six-hospital system recorded a $43 million loss in operating income in March due to the cancellation of elective procedures, temporary clinic closures and the additional expenses of acquiring personal protective gear. The health system expects bigger losses in April and May.
2. Citing a financial hit from the COVID-19 pandemic, Providence, R.I.-based Lifespan has furloughed about 1,100 employees, according to The Providence Journal. A hospital spokesperson said most of the furloughs were taken voluntarily, and some employees have been able to take vacation or sick leave to maintain pay. Affected employees can retain their benefits, such as health insurance.
3. Woodbury, N.J.-based Inspira Health has furloughed 219 employees due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Philadelphia Business Journal. The list of furloughed employees will be reviewed every two weeks, the health system said. Inspira has about 6,000 employees.
4. Macomb, Ill.-based McDonough District Hospital plans to furlough 60 workers amid declining revenue from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to local radio station WGIL. The health system experienced a $1.2 million loss in net revenue in March, and expects April to have a much larger loss.
5. To address the financial impact and patient volume dip caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Greenville, N.C.-based Vidant Health will furlough a portion of its workforce, according to ABC 12. The health system will start the furloughs April 26. The number of affected employees was not disclosed.
6. Olean, N.Y.-based Upper Allegheny Health System plans to start a voluntary furlough program in an effort to help offset some of the losses from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Tap Into Greater Olean. The system projects it will incur a $25 million loss related to COVID-19 in 2020.
7. Due to the suspension of elective procedures and subsequent revenue drop, Grand Forks, N.D.-based Altru Health System plans to reduce the number staffing hours by 10 percent to 15 percent through furloughs and a system-required absence program, according to The Grand Forks Herald. The hospital system said it is facing a potential loss of $65 million this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
8. Cleveland-based University Hospital plans to cut the hours and pay of 4,100 employees not involved in patient care, according to Cleveland.com. Salaried nonclinical staffers are required to take a one-week unpaid furlough every five weeks. Hourly nonclinical workers will have their hours cut by 20 percent each week. Affected employees can use paid time off and sick time during those unpaid weeks. Hospital staff will still receive benefits, like health insurance.
9. Citing the financial hit from COVID-19, Wausau, Wis.-based Aspirus Health plans to furlough a portion of its staff beginning May 1, according to a system press release. The furloughs will primarily affect employees who do not work directly in patient care.
"This is the most difficult decision our leadership team has ever made," said Aspirus President and CEO Matthew Heywood. "These drastic actions are ones we hoped to avoid but must take to ensure we can continue to serve our communities throughout this pandemic and for generations after."
10. To help protect the long-term financial health of the organization, Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health is offering a temporary voluntary furlough program for its staff, the health system announced April 22 in a news release. The furlough program is a joint agreement with two unions that represent 8,000 Kaleida Health employees. Affected employees would be able to retain benefits, like health insurance.
Note: Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic said April 22 that 30,000 staff members will be affected by furloughs or cut hours. More information about the furloughs are listed under April 13, or you can click here.
April 22
1. Southfield, Mich.-based Beaumont Health will permanently lay off 450 staff members, cut executive pay and furlough 2,475 workers due to the financial hit from the COVID-19 pandemic. Most of the 450 layoffs affect corporate staff or administrative employees. The furloughs affect staff not directly caring for patients and hospital administrative staff.
2. Philadelphia-based Tower Health has furloughed at least 1,000 employees due to the financial hit from the COVID-19 pandemic. The furloughs affect roughly 7 percent of the system's 14,000-person workforce.The seven-hospital system said it has lost about 50 percent of its revenue due to the suspension of elective procedures and drop in outpatient volume.
3. Citing the suspension of elective procedures and a 50 percent reduction in revenue, Kalamazoo, Mich.-based Bronson Healthcare has furloughed hundreds, according to WWMT. Furloughed employees will not be paid for at least four months, and they can not use paid time off. The number of furloughed employees was not disclosed.
4. Utica, N.Y.-based Mohawk Valley Health System will furlough about 20 percent of its workforce of 4,000 for up to four months, according to the Utica Observer-Dispatch. The health system said it is part of a cost-cutting plan to recover from lost revenue caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
5. About 200 employees at Ithaca, N.Y.-based Cayuga Medical Center have volunteered to take a furlough, according to Ithaca.com. The hospital, which employs 1,500, has seen a 50 percent drop in patient volume. Employees that opt into the furlough program can retain health insurance, apply for unemployment benefits and will receive a stipend upon returning to work.
6. Hudson, N.Y.-based Columbia Memorial Hospital will furlough 125 workers due to a drop in patient volume and revenue caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to News 10, an ABC affiliate. Furloughed workers can keep their health insurance and apply for unemployment benefits.
7. St. Mary's Health System in Lewiston, Maine, will furlough about 5 percent of its workforce to help offset losses attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Sun Journal. The furloughs, which affect 77 staffers, will begin April 27 and last for 30 days.
8. Seventy-one employees from Bay Area Hospital in Coos Bay, Ore., opted to take voluntarily furloughs, according to KCBY. The employees will be furloughed for 45 days.
9. Rosemont, Ill.-based Pipeline Health, which operates Weiss Memorial Hospital in Chicago and West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, Ill., has furloughed an undisclosed number of its staff due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Chicago Tribune. Those employees will keep their health insurance and can apply for unemployment.
10. Citing a revenue decline of 50 percent due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Dansville, N.Y.-based Noyes Health has furloughed a portion of its staff for one to two week on a rolling basis, according to The Livingston County News. Furloughed staff will retain health insurance benefits.
11. Madison, Wis.-based UW Health plans to furlough some staff due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Wisconsin State Journal. UW Health CEO Alan Kaplan, MD, said UW Health saw a 62 percent decline in surgeries and patient volume, and as a result is expecting losses of $350 to $400 million between March 15 and June 30.
12. West Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health said it will implement furloughs starting April 26, according to 25 News, an NBC affiliate. Furloughs will affect employees in areas of the system that are not operating at capacity or experiencing closures.
13. Gottlieb Memorial Hospital in Melrose Park, Ill., has furloughed some staff in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Chicago Tribune.
14. MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn, Ill., has furloughed some staff in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Chicago Tribune.
April 21
1. Phoenix-based Banner Health plans to furlough 5 percent to 7 percent of its workforce in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Some affected employees may be furloughed for just a few weeks. Affected employees will still have benefits, like health insurance.
2. Citing the suspension of elective procedures, Ogdensburg, N.Y.-based Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center has furloughed or cut pay for 170 workers, according to WWNY TV. The furloughed employees will not be paid.
3. Rochester, Minn.-based Olmsted Medical Center, which employs 1,300 people, plans to furlough a portion of its staff to offset the financial hit caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to ABC 6 News. The medical center is projecting a loss of nearly $25 million for April through June due to the suspension of elective procedures.
4. Myrtue Medical Center, a Harlan, Iowa-based hospital with 422 employees, has furloughed a portion of its workforce due to a revenue drop from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to HarlanOnline.com. The hospital said that the pandemic has caused a nearly 50 percent drop in procedures, visits and overall patient volumes.
5. Hutchinson (Kan.) Regional Healthcare System, experiencing financial strain from the COVID-19 pandemic, plans to furlough staff, according to The Hutchinson News. The system said the furloughs will affect employees at each of its facilities, but declined to discuss the number of employees that will be furloughed.
6. Poteau-based Eastern Oklahoma Medical Center, a 25-bed critical access hospital, has furloughed 52 employees, according to Erie News Now. The hospital said that suspending non-emergent procedures has caused a dip in patient volume and revenue.
7. Citing a revenue loss from the COVID-19 pandemic and suspension of elective procedures, Framingham, Mass.-based MetroWest Medical Center has furloughed an undisclosed number of nurses, according to The Milford Daily News.
April 20
1. Citing the financial burden caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Carthage (N.Y.) Area Hospital has furloughed 20 percent of its staff, according to local news station WWNY TV. About 83 staff members are affected. Furloughed employees with health insurance can still receive those benefits.
2. Sioux Falls, Idaho-based Avera Health will furlough 650 workers due to the suspension of elective procedures and resulting revenue loss, according to The Grand Forks Herald. Avera will also cut pay for 1,500 employees. The health system has 19,000 employees across a five-state region.
3. St. Lawrence Health System, a three-hospital system in Potsdam, N.Y., plans to furlough at least 400 workers to help offset the revenue loss caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to North Country Now. Due to a drop in patient volume due to the suspension of elective procedures, the system is projecting a cash flow decrease of $10 million in the next 30 days. The health system's website says it has more than 2,025 employees.
4. Rapid City, S.D.-based Monument Health will place 200 employees on furlough, according to KOTA TV. The health system said that it implemented furloughs to help preserve protective gear and save costs after suspending elective surgeries. The furloughs, which are effective April 25, affect 4 percent of Monument Health's workforce.
5. In an effort to offset a revenue loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Niagara Falls (N.Y.) Memorial Hospital has furloughed 52 workers, according to WKBW.
6. Elizabethtown (N.Y.) Community Hospital has furloughed 25 staff members after experiencing a revenue cut of 50 percent due to the suspension of elective procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise.
7. Manatee Memorial Hospital, a safety-net facility in Bradenton, Fla., has furloughed a portion of its staff due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Bradenton.com. Affected employees will be able to retain health and life insurance. It is unclear how many staff members are affected or how long the furlough will last.
8. Tucson (Ariz.) Medical Center has furloughed some of its staff to help offset a revenue loss caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Tucson.com. The health system said it is estimating a revenue loss of $20 million in April alone.
9. Tucson, Ariz.-based Carondelet Health Network has implemented furloughs across the system due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Tucson.com.
10. Gillette, Wyo.-based Campbell County Health has furloughed an undisclosed number of employees, according to The Gillette News Record. Affected employees are eligible to retain their health insurance and are expected to return to work within six to 12 weeks, according to the report.
April 17
1. Citing declines in revenue and patient volume due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Murray (Ky.) Calloway County Hospital plans to implement furloughs in all departments, according to local news station WPSD. The hospital said the reductions will affect about 15 percent to 30 percent of staff in each department, according to the report.
2. Lockport, N.Y.-based Eastern Niagara Hospital will furlough 60 employees in response to the suspension of elective procedures due to the pandemic, according to Buffalo, N.Y., ABC affiliate WKBW. The furloughs affect union and nonunion employees.
3. Lowville, N.Y.-based Lewis County Health System is temporarily placing 14 percent of its workforce on unpaid leave due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to WWYN. The health system will ask for volunteers before furloughs will be mandated based on seniority. Furloughs are expected to last eight weeks.
4. Citing a financial hit from the suspension of elective procedures, Traverse City, Mich.-based Munson Healthcare is furloughing a portion of its staff, according to 9&10 News. Ed Ness, president and CEO of Munson Healthcare, told the CBS affiliate that the health system is projected to lose $7 million to $10 million a month.
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221 hospitals furloughing workers in response to COVID-19
Many U.S. hospitals and health systems have suspended elective procedures to save capacity, supplies and staff to treat COVID-19 patients.
As a result of suspending these nonemergent procedures, several systems have lost or expect to lose a large chunk of their annual revenue, forcing them to make cost reduction a top priority.
Below is a breakdown of the hospitals that have furloughed staff in an effort to remain financially stable amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Editor's Note: This webpage will be updated daily as more hospitals and health systems announce furloughs.
April 30
1. Hospital Sisters Health Systems, a 15-hospital system in Springfield, Ill., will furlough a portion of its staff due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to WAND TV. The health system said the furloughs were necessary to ensure it can remain financially stable. The furloughs were both voluntary and involuntary.
2. The Christ Hospital, based in Cincinnati, will furlough a portion of its staff that is not directly involved in patient care, according to WLWT. The furloughs, which will begin in May, will last 60 days. Affected employees can apply for unemployment and retain their healthcare benefits.
3. Citing a significant reduction in revenue due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Newburyport, Mass.-based Anna Jaques Hospital has furloughed 134 employees, according to the NewburyportNews.com. The unpaid furloughs affect about 10 percent of the hospital's workforce.
4. Encompass Health, a Birmingham, Ala.-based operator of post-acute services, has implemented market-specific furloughs, according to Home Health Care News. The decision is to better align staffing with demand amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the report. It is unclear how many employees are affected.
5. Due to the patient volume drop amid the COVID-19 pandemic, some employees at San Francisco-based UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals have had their hours cut, according to The San Francisco Chronicle. One employee, Stephanie Lum Ho, a physical therapist who works at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital in Walnut Creek, Calif., said her hours were cut in half.
April 29
1. Stamford (Conn.) Health plans to furlough 375 employees to help offset a revenue loss from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Stamford Advocate. The health system said revenue was down $10 million in March, and that loss is expected to hit $27 million in April. The health system has 3,600 employees.
2. Citing a revenue loss of $85 million per month due to the COVID-19 pandemic, University of Virginia Health System in Charlottesville, plans to furlough a portion of its staff not involved in direct patient care. The furloughs will last up to three months. Affected employees can retain their health insurance benefits and can use their paid time off to help offset some of the pay loss. The health system also plans to reduce executive and physician compensation.
3. St. Joseph Mercy Health System in Livingston, Mich., has furloughed 50 staff members due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Livingston Daily. The furloughs affected support staff from both of the health systems locations.
4. After exhausting other alternatives to shore up finances amid the pandemic, University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center will begin furloughing employees in May, according to WXXI News. The hospital system hasn't yet determined the number of employees that will be affected or how long the furlough will last.
5. Citing a patient volume and revenue drop from the COVID-19 pandemic, Coshocton (Ohio) Regional Medical Center has furloughed a portion of its 320 employees, according to the Coshocton Tribune. The furloughs are expected to last until May 31.
6. Willis-Knighton Health System in Shreveport, La., has placed a portion of its staff on unpaid leave. Affected staff worked in areas where the health system found a lower or nonexistent demand for services. In a statement provided to Becker's Hospital Review, Chief Administrative Officer Brian Crawford said the state's directive to curb non-emergent procedures and the effects of the pandemic left about half of the services provided by Willis-Knighton significantly reduced or halted.
7. Henderson, Ky.-based Methodist Health plans to furlough 50 employees due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to WEHT. The health system said patient volumes have been gravely affected by the state ban on non-emergent procedures.
April 28
1. To help minimize the financial hit from the COVID-19 pandemic, St. Louis-based SSM Health plans to furlough 2,000 employees. The furloughs, expected to last at least 13 weeks, will affect about 5 percent of the health system's workforce. The health system said it also plans to place more workers on partial furlough or reduce their hours. Affected employees can apply for federal and state unemployment.
2. Bethel, Alaska-based Yukon-Kuskokwim Health will furlough, lay off or reduce hours of 300 workers to help offset a revenue loss attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Alaska Public Radio. The cuts and furloughs will occur across four categories: workers who are immediately laid off, workers who are furloughed, workers who volunteer for furlough and workers who have their hours cut by 50 percent. The health system employs about 1,400 people.
3. Citing a projected $100 million shortfall in revenue from March through June due to the pandemic, Rancho Mirage, Calif.-based Eisenhower Health has furloughed a portion of its staff, according to The Desert Sun. About 30 to 35 employees have been fully furloughed and others have been partially furloughed with reduced hours.
4. Washington, Ind.-based Daviess Community Hospital has furloughed a portion of its staff to help stabilize its financial position after a revenue loss caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Washington Times Herald. Affected employees can retain their benefits and have the opportunity to apply for unemployment. The furloughs will be reevaluated after 30 days.
5. University of Vermont Health System in Burlington has furloughed a few hundred employees due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to NBC affiliate NECN. About 70 of the affected staffers were reassigned to different roles within the health system. The exact number of furloughed employees was not disclosed.
6. Citing a 40 percent reduction in patient volume and a resulting revenue drop, Memphis, Tenn.-based Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare has furloughed a portion of its staff, according to the Daily Memphian. Some of the employees volunteered to take furloughs. Employees will still have health insurance benefits.
7. Palm Springs, Calif.-based Desert Regional Medical Center has furloughed an undisclosed number of employees because of a patient volume drop amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to The Desert Sun.
8. Oceanside, Calif.-based Tri-City Medical Center has sent layoff or furlough notices to 24 nurses amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Voice of San Diego.
April 27
1. Citing a revenue loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Jackson-based West Tennessee Healthcare has furloughed 1,100 individuals of its 7,000-person workforce. The health system said it lost $18 million in March due to the statewide ban on elective procedures that went into effect March 23. To comply with the order, the health system temporarily shut down some hospital departments as well as its outpatient surgery center.
2. Annapolis, Md.-based Anne Arundel Medical Center has furloughed 1,000 employees due to low patient volume and other financial challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic. All furloughed employees received 80 hours of pay and are able to retain their benefits through June 30. The medical center said it plans to redeploy some of the furloughed workers to support an anticipated COVID-19 surge.
3. Lexington, Ky.-based UK Healthcare has furloughed 1,500 employees to help offset a COVID-19-related revenue loss, according to Kentucky.com. The health system said it has seen a drop in the number of services offered after elective procedures were canceled statewide in March. The health system said earlier in April it planned to place some employees on unpaid leave after April 25 if the pandemic continued to affect operations.
4. St. Joseph Hospital in Nashua, N.H., has furloughed 300 employees due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to WMUR. The furloughs affect about 20 percent of the hospital's employees. In March, the hospital said it lost $3.6 million in revenue, a number expected to double by the end of April.
5. Citing a financial hit from the COVID-19 pandemic, Fresno, Calif.-based St. Agnes Medical Center has furloughed 175 employees, according to ABC affiliate KFSN. The hospital said it has seen a large drop in the number of elective surgeries and emergency room visits during the pandemic. Affected employees are able to retain healthcare benefits.
6. Pikeville (Ky.) Medical Center has furloughed more than 200 employees amid mounting financial pressure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to WCHS TV. The medical center said that the furloughs are necessary because it is predicting a "significant historical financial loss for April." The furloughs took effect April 26.
7. In an effort to offset financial losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Cody (Wyo.) Regional Health said it is furloughing a portion of its nonclinical staff, according to The Cody Enterprise. The health system said the furloughs will last at least two months. Since the crisis began, Cody Regional Health's revenue has been down 60 percent, according to the report.
8. Citing a decrease in patient volume and revenue, Mobile, Ala.-based Infirmary Health has furloughed a portion of its staff, according to NBC 15. Affected employees will retain their healthcare benefits.
9. Show Low, Ariz.-based Summit Healthcare, projecting a revenue decrease of 40 percent to 50 percent due to COVID-19, is asking employees to voluntarily take furloughs, according to the White Mountain Independent. The hospital system said that the state ban on elective surgeries has significantly reduced workloads and volumes. The voluntary furloughs would begin May 2 and last 90 days.
"Furloughing allows us to retain talent while providing limited benefits," Summit Healthcare CEO Ron McArthur told the publication.
10. Dalles, Ore.-based Mid-Columbia Medical Center plans to furlough employees beginning May 3 in an effort to help offset losses attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to The Dalles Chronicle. The furloughs will affect departments that are not seeing a high patient volume.
11. Due to a revenue loss from the COVID-19 pandemic, Stanford (Calif.) Health Care employees have the option to take a 20 percent pay cut, using paid time off, or taking a furlough, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Employees must use one of those options between April 27 and July 4.
April 24
1. HealthPartners will furlough 2,600 workers in an effort to help offset the financial hit from the COVID-19 pandemic, the seven-hospital system in Bloomington, Minn., said April 23. The furloughs, made because the pandemic caused an "immediate and significant decrease in revenue," affect about 10 percent of its workforce. The furloughs will take place in areas where the organization has stopped, slowed or deferred work temporarily.
2. Citing financial challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Buffalo, N.Y.-based Catholic Health plans to furlough up to 1,200 employees, according to WKBW. The furloughs will affect management and non-management positions. They will begin April 26 and will be reevaluated after 30 days. Affected employees will retain health benefits and can apply for unemployment.
3. Kansas City, Mo.-based Children's Mercy will furlough 575 employees for up to 60 days, according to KCTV 5. The furloughs will take effect April 26. Hospital officials said the furloughs are an effort to help offset fiscal losses attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic.
4. Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital in Grand Rapids, Mich., has furloughed 20 percent of its employees due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to WOOD TV. The furloughs will affect about 400 staffers. Furloughed employees have access to health and life insurance through June 30.
5. Maryville, Tenn.-based Blount Memorial Hospital has furloughed 211 employees due to low patient volume amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to The Daily Times.
6. Citing a loss of $10 million per month due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Chicago-based Sinai Health System plans to lay off 24 nonclinical employees, furlough about 150 caregivers and cut hours for another 200 employees, according to Crain's Chicago Business. The four-hospital system said it plans to call 200 furloughed employees back to work in 60 days.
7. After suffering a steep financial loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Bangor, Maine-based St. Joseph Healthcare has furloughed 100 of its 1,200 employees, according to The Bangor Daily News. St. Joseph said it ended March with an operating loss of $4 million and expects a bigger hit in April. The majority of affected staff volunteered to take a furlough.
8. Laurinburg, N.C.-based Scotland Health Care System will furlough nearly 70 employees through June 30, according to The Laurinburg Exchange. Most affected employees work in nonclinical roles, though some front-line staff were furloughed. The health system said the furloughs were necessary given the drop in patient volume and revenue caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
9. Citing a slowdown in elective procedures and a resulting revenue drop, St. Paul, Minn.-based Regions Hospital plans to furlough about 30 employees, according to the Pioneer Press. The affected employees include nurses, physicians, lab techs and other emergency room staffers.
10. Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Wake Forest Baptist Health plans to furlough a portion of its leadership and administrative staff as early as next week, according to The Winston-Salem Journal. The furlough period would last 16 weeks. It is unclear how many employees will be affected.
April 23
1. Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System plans to furlough 2,800 staffers not directly involved in patient care due to financial damage from the COVID-19 pandemic. The six-hospital system recorded a $43 million loss in operating income in March due to the cancellation of elective procedures, temporary clinic closures and the additional expenses of acquiring personal protective gear. The health system expects bigger losses in April and May.
2. Citing a financial hit from the COVID-19 pandemic, Providence, R.I.-based Lifespan has furloughed about 1,100 employees, according to The Providence Journal. A hospital spokesperson said most of the furloughs were taken voluntarily, and some employees have been able to take vacation or sick leave to maintain pay. Affected employees can retain their benefits, such as health insurance.
3. Woodbury, N.J.-based Inspira Health has furloughed 219 employees due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Philadelphia Business Journal. The list of furloughed employees will be reviewed every two weeks, the health system said. Inspira has about 6,000 employees.
4. Macomb, Ill.-based McDonough District Hospital plans to furlough 60 workers amid declining revenue from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to local radio station WGIL. The health system experienced a $1.2 million loss in net revenue in March, and expects April to have a much larger loss.
5. To address the financial impact and patient volume dip caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Greenville, N.C.-based Vidant Health will furlough a portion of its workforce, according to ABC 12. The health system will start the furloughs April 26. The number of affected employees was not disclosed.
6. Olean, N.Y.-based Upper Allegheny Health System plans to start a voluntary furlough program in an effort to help offset some of the losses from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Tap Into Greater Olean. The system projects it will incur a $25 million loss related to COVID-19 in 2020.
7. Due to the suspension of elective procedures and subsequent revenue drop, Grand Forks, N.D.-based Altru Health System plans to reduce the number staffing hours by 10 percent to 15 percent through furloughs and a system-required absence program, according to The Grand Forks Herald. The hospital system said it is facing a potential loss of $65 million this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
8. Cleveland-based University Hospital plans to cut the hours and pay of 4,100 employees not involved in patient care, according to Cleveland.com. Salaried nonclinical staffers are required to take a one-week unpaid furlough every five weeks. Hourly nonclinical workers will have their hours cut by 20 percent each week. Affected employees can use paid time off and sick time during those unpaid weeks. Hospital staff will still receive benefits, like health insurance.
9. Citing the financial hit from COVID-19, Wausau, Wis.-based Aspirus Health plans to furlough a portion of its staff beginning May 1, according to a system press release. The furloughs will primarily affect employees who do not work directly in patient care.
"This is the most difficult decision our leadership team has ever made," said Aspirus President and CEO Matthew Heywood. "These drastic actions are ones we hoped to avoid but must take to ensure we can continue to serve our communities throughout this pandemic and for generations after."
10. To help protect the long-term financial health of the organization, Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health is offering a temporary voluntary furlough program for its staff, the health system announced April 22 in a news release. The furlough program is a joint agreement with two unions that represent 8,000 Kaleida Health employees. Affected employees would be able to retain benefits, like health insurance.
Note: Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic said April 22 that 30,000 staff members will be affected by furloughs or cut hours. More information about the furloughs are listed under April 13, or you can click here.
April 22
1. Southfield, Mich.-based Beaumont Health will permanently lay off 450 staff members, cut executive pay and furlough 2,475 workers due to the financial hit from the COVID-19 pandemic. Most of the 450 layoffs affect corporate staff or administrative employees. The furloughs affect staff not directly caring for patients and hospital administrative staff.
2. Philadelphia-based Tower Health has furloughed at least 1,000 employees due to the financial hit from the COVID-19 pandemic. The furloughs affect roughly 7 percent of the system's 14,000-person workforce.The seven-hospital system said it has lost about 50 percent of its revenue due to the suspension of elective procedures and drop in outpatient volume.
3. Citing the suspension of elective procedures and a 50 percent reduction in revenue, Kalamazoo, Mich.-based Bronson Healthcare has furloughed hundreds, according to WWMT. Furloughed employees will not be paid for at least four months, and they can not use paid time off. The number of furloughed employees was not disclosed.
4. Utica, N.Y.-based Mohawk Valley Health System will furlough about 20 percent of its workforce of 4,000 for up to four months, according to the Utica Observer-Dispatch. The health system said it is part of a cost-cutting plan to recover from lost revenue caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
5. About 200 employees at Ithaca, N.Y.-based Cayuga Medical Center have volunteered to take a furlough, according to Ithaca.com. The hospital, which employs 1,500, has seen a 50 percent drop in patient volume. Employees that opt into the furlough program can retain health insurance, apply for unemployment benefits and will receive a stipend upon returning to work.
6. Hudson, N.Y.-based Columbia Memorial Hospital will furlough 125 workers due to a drop in patient volume and revenue caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to News 10, an ABC affiliate. Furloughed workers can keep their health insurance and apply for unemployment benefits.
7. St. Mary's Health System in Lewiston, Maine, will furlough about 5 percent of its workforce to help offset losses attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Sun Journal. The furloughs, which affect 77 staffers, will begin April 27 and last for 30 days.
8. Seventy-one employees from Bay Area Hospital in Coos Bay, Ore., opted to take voluntarily furloughs, according to KCBY. The employees will be furloughed for 45 days.
9. Rosemont, Ill.-based Pipeline Health, which operates Weiss Memorial Hospital in Chicago and West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, Ill., has furloughed an undisclosed number of its staff due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Chicago Tribune. Those employees will keep their health insurance and can apply for unemployment.
10. Citing a revenue decline of 50 percent due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Dansville, N.Y.-based Noyes Health has furloughed a portion of its staff for one to two week on a rolling basis, according to The Livingston County News. Furloughed staff will retain health insurance benefits.
11. Madison, Wis.-based UW Health plans to furlough some staff due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Wisconsin State Journal. UW Health CEO Alan Kaplan, MD, said UW Health saw a 62 percent decline in surgeries and patient volume, and as a result is expecting losses of $350 to $400 million between March 15 and June 30.
12. West Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health said it will implement furloughs starting April 26, according to 25 News, an NBC affiliate. Furloughs will affect employees in areas of the system that are not operating at capacity or experiencing closures.
13. Gottlieb Memorial Hospital in Melrose Park, Ill., has furloughed some staff in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Chicago Tribune.
14. MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn, Ill., has furloughed some staff in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Chicago Tribune.
April 21
1. Phoenix-based Banner Health plans to furlough 5 percent to 7 percent of its workforce in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Some affected employees may be furloughed for just a few weeks. Affected employees will still have benefits, like health insurance.
2. Citing the suspension of elective procedures, Ogdensburg, N.Y.-based Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center has furloughed or cut pay for 170 workers, according to WWNY TV. The furloughed employees will not be paid.
3. Rochester, Minn.-based Olmsted Medical Center, which employs 1,300 people, plans to furlough a portion of its staff to offset the financial hit caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to ABC 6 News. The medical center is projecting a loss of nearly $25 million for April through June due to the suspension of elective procedures.
4. Myrtue Medical Center, a Harlan, Iowa-based hospital with 422 employees, has furloughed a portion of its workforce due to a revenue drop from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to HarlanOnline.com. The hospital said that the pandemic has caused a nearly 50 percent drop in procedures, visits and overall patient volumes.
5. Hutchinson (Kan.) Regional Healthcare System, experiencing financial strain from the COVID-19 pandemic, plans to furlough staff, according to The Hutchinson News. The system said the furloughs will affect employees at each of its facilities, but declined to discuss the number of employees that will be furloughed.
6. Poteau-based Eastern Oklahoma Medical Center, a 25-bed critical access hospital, has furloughed 52 employees, according to Erie News Now. The hospital said that suspending non-emergent procedures has caused a dip in patient volume and revenue.
7. Citing a revenue loss from the COVID-19 pandemic and suspension of elective procedures, Framingham, Mass.-based MetroWest Medical Center has furloughed an undisclosed number of nurses, according to The Milford Daily News.
April 20
1. Citing the financial burden caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Carthage (N.Y.) Area Hospital has furloughed 20 percent of its staff, according to local news station WWNY TV. About 83 staff members are affected. Furloughed employees with health insurance can still receive those benefits.
2. Sioux Falls, Idaho-based Avera Health will furlough 650 workers due to the suspension of elective procedures and resulting revenue loss, according to The Grand Forks Herald. Avera will also cut pay for 1,500 employees. The health system has 19,000 employees across a five-state region.
3. St. Lawrence Health System, a three-hospital system in Potsdam, N.Y., plans to furlough at least 400 workers to help offset the revenue loss caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to North Country Now. Due to a drop in patient volume due to the suspension of elective procedures, the system is projecting a cash flow decrease of $10 million in the next 30 days. The health system's website says it has more than 2,025 employees.
4. Rapid City, S.D.-based Monument Health will place 200 employees on furlough, according to KOTA TV. The health system said that it implemented furloughs to help preserve protective gear and save costs after suspending elective surgeries. The furloughs, which are effective April 25, affect 4 percent of Monument Health's workforce.
5. In an effort to offset a revenue loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Niagara Falls (N.Y.) Memorial Hospital has furloughed 52 workers, according to WKBW.
6. Elizabethtown (N.Y.) Community Hospital has furloughed 25 staff members after experiencing a revenue cut of 50 percent due to the suspension of elective procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise.
7. Manatee Memorial Hospital, a safety-net facility in Bradenton, Fla., has furloughed a portion of its staff due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Bradenton.com. Affected employees will be able to retain health and life insurance. It is unclear how many staff members are affected or how long the furlough will last.
8. Tucson (Ariz.) Medical Center has furloughed some of its staff to help offset a revenue loss caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Tucson.com. The health system said it is estimating a revenue loss of $20 million in April alone.
9. Tucson, Ariz.-based Carondelet Health Network has implemented furloughs across the system due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Tucson.com.
10. Gillette, Wyo.-based Campbell County Health has furloughed an undisclosed number of employees, according to The Gillette News Record. Affected employees are eligible to retain their health insurance and are expected to return to work within six to 12 weeks, according to the report.
April 17
1. Citing declines in revenue and patient volume due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Murray (Ky.) Calloway County Hospital plans to implement furloughs in all departments, according to local news station WPSD. The hospital said the reductions will affect about 15 percent to 30 percent of staff in each department, according to the report.
2. Lockport, N.Y.-based Eastern Niagara Hospital will furlough 60 employees in response to the suspension of elective procedures due to the pandemic, according to Buffalo, N.Y., ABC affiliate WKBW. The furloughs affect union and nonunion employees.
3. Lowville, N.Y.-based Lewis County Health System is temporarily placing 14 percent of its workforce on unpaid leave due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to WWYN. The health system will ask for volunteers before furloughs will be mandated based on seniority. Furloughs are expected to last eight weeks.
4. Citing a financial hit from the suspension of elective procedures, Traverse City, Mich.-based Munson Healthcare is furloughing a portion of its staff, according to 9&10 News. Ed Ness, president and CEO of Munson Healthcare, told the CBS affiliate that the health system is projected to lose $7 million to $10 million a month.
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The list is too long to paste. It just goes on and on and on and on....
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that’s the thing. He has to do it himself because the media will rarely point anything out themselves. I agree it sounds like bragging and I don’t like hearing it either but over the last 3 years I’ve seen that he must do it. Even if it causes late night comics and media (not that there’s a difference) to play his clips and mock him, that still gets his message out.
if Trump didn’t tout the stimulus, the media would act like he had no role in it. He pissed them off when he signed the checks.
There's so much against Trump, if he doesn't do press conferences how do people actually know what he says? They misquote him every single day. Its embarrassing that our media is so one sided in its coverage and I can't wait for Trump to stomp Biden. Once they replace RBG with a conservative justice, its really on!!
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I absolutely love it. He runs off all of those accomplishments every single day for one purpose. To rub it in the media's face because they have nothing to say besides how awful of a job he is doing. I enjoy every single second of it, especially when they ask stupid gotcha questions and he gives them an incredibly rude answer. Does my heart good every time. They are deceitful scumbags.
Speaking of stimulus bills, I just got this e-mail and if it is anywhere near true...Washington is still the most corrupt city in the world.
While this is a bit emotional in its presentation, I still believe it has value because of the variety of the organizations receiving assistance from what I thought was to be a humanitarian bill to assist individuals who are not able to meet their living expenses.
American population: 330,483,530
Stimulus bill: $2,000,000,000,000.00
Dividing the cost by every person in America is $6,051.74. (man, woman, child) On Average, there are 2.63 person in each U.S. Household. That would have been a check for $15,916.07 for every household in America, on average.
Oh, wait! The final bill passed by the Senate was for $2.2 trillion, so every Citizen could have received a check for $6,657 and the average household, $17,508.
Think about it. The government could have given every person over $6,600 and every household on average over $17,5 00, but instead will give $1,200 to each adult under a certain income (not every man, woman & child).
Wanna know where the missing 96% of your tax dollars went?
Take a look at the amounts shown in RED! What do they have to do with COVID-19 in the stretchiest of thinking?
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$300,000,000.00 for Migrant and Refugee Assistance pg. 147
$10,000.00 per person for student loan bailout
$100,000,000.00 to NASA, (they want to get off the planet!)
$20,000,000,000.00 to the USPS,
$300,000,000.00 to the Endowment for the Arts
$300,000,000.00 for the Endowment for the Humanities/ because no one even knew that was a thing
$15,000,000.00 for Veterans Employment Training
$435,000,000.00 for mental health support
$30,000,000,000.00 for the Department of Education stabilization fund/because that will keep people employed
$200,000,000.00 to Safe Schools Emergency Response to Violence Program
$300,000,000.00 to Public Broadcasting / NPR
$500,000,000.00 to Museums and Libraries / Who the hell knows how we are going to use it
$720,000,000.00 to Social Security Admin / but get this only $200,000,000. is to help people. The rest is for admin costs
$25,000,000.00 for Cleaning supplies for the Capitol Building / I kid you not, it's on page 136
$7,500,000.00 to the Smithsonian for additional salaries
$35,000,000.00 to the JFK Center for performing Arts. Ditto on when are we going to use it? It's just mostly for DC and NYC elites, anyway.
$25,000,000.00 for additional salary for House of Representatives (THE BEST EVER!!!! They snuck it in....perfect.
$3,000,000,000.00 upgrade to the IT department at the VA
$315,000,000.00 for State Department Diplomatic Programs (the same Deep State that keeps stalling efforts to get us out of the Mideast wars
$95,000,000.00 for the Agency of International Development
$300,000,000.00 for International Disaster Assistance
$90,000,000.00 for the Peace Corp pg. 148
$13,000,000.00 to Howard University pg. 121 (WTH?)
Hey! are ya mad yet?
9,000,000.00 Misc. Senate Expenses pg. 134
$100,000,000.00 to Essential Air carriers pg. 162 This of note because the Airlines are going to need billions in loans to keep them afloat. $100,000,000.00 is chump change
$40,000,000,000. goes to the Take Responsibility to Workers and Families Act. This sounds like it's direct payments for workers. Pg. 164
$1,000,000,000.00 Airlines Recycle and Save Program pg. 163
$25,000,000.00 to the FAA for administrative costs pg. 165
$492,000,000.00 to National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) pg. 167
$526,000,000.00 Grants to Amtrak to remain available if needed through 2021 pg. 168 (what are the odds that doesn't go unused)
Hidden on page 174 the Secretary has 7 days to allocate the funds & notify Congress
$25,000,000,000.00 for Transit Infrastructure pg. 169
$3,000,000.00 Maritime Administration pg. 172
$5,000,000.00 Salaries and Expensive Office of the Inspector General pg. 172
$2,500,000.00 Public and Indian Housing pg. 175
$5,000,000.00 Community Planning and Development pg. 175
$2,500,000.00 Office of Housing
Are you angry yet? (when you hear the jokes about Slush Funds, you may now understand a little better)
While this is a bit emotional in its presentation, I still believe it has value because of the variety of the organizations receiving assistance from what I thought was to be a humanitarian bill to assist individuals who are not able to meet their living expenses.
American population: 330,483,530
Stimulus bill: $2,000,000,000,000.00
Dividing the cost by every person in America is $6,051.74. (man, woman, child) On Average, there are 2.63 person in each U.S. Household. That would have been a check for $15,916.07 for every household in America, on average.
Oh, wait! The final bill passed by the Senate was for $2.2 trillion, so every Citizen could have received a check for $6,657 and the average household, $17,508.
Think about it. The government could have given every person over $6,600 and every household on average over $17,5 00, but instead will give $1,200 to each adult under a certain income (not every man, woman & child).
Wanna know where the missing 96% of your tax dollars went?
Take a look at the amounts shown in RED! What do they have to do with COVID-19 in the stretchiest of thinking?
------------------------------ ------------------------------ ------------------------------ -------------------
$300,000,000.00 for Migrant and Refugee Assistance pg. 147
$10,000.00 per person for student loan bailout
$100,000,000.00 to NASA, (they want to get off the planet!)
$20,000,000,000.00 to the USPS,
$300,000,000.00 to the Endowment for the Arts
$300,000,000.00 for the Endowment for the Humanities/ because no one even knew that was a thing
$15,000,000.00 for Veterans Employment Training
$435,000,000.00 for mental health support
$30,000,000,000.00 for the Department of Education stabilization fund/because that will keep people employed
$200,000,000.00 to Safe Schools Emergency Response to Violence Program
$300,000,000.00 to Public Broadcasting / NPR
$500,000,000.00 to Museums and Libraries / Who the hell knows how we are going to use it
$720,000,000.00 to Social Security Admin / but get this only $200,000,000. is to help people. The rest is for admin costs
$25,000,000.00 for Cleaning supplies for the Capitol Building / I kid you not, it's on page 136
$7,500,000.00 to the Smithsonian for additional salaries
$35,000,000.00 to the JFK Center for performing Arts. Ditto on when are we going to use it? It's just mostly for DC and NYC elites, anyway.
$25,000,000.00 for additional salary for House of Representatives (THE BEST EVER!!!! They snuck it in....perfect.
$3,000,000,000.00 upgrade to the IT department at the VA
$315,000,000.00 for State Department Diplomatic Programs (the same Deep State that keeps stalling efforts to get us out of the Mideast wars
$95,000,000.00 for the Agency of International Development
$300,000,000.00 for International Disaster Assistance
$90,000,000.00 for the Peace Corp pg. 148
$13,000,000.00 to Howard University pg. 121 (WTH?)
Hey! are ya mad yet?
9,000,000.00 Misc. Senate Expenses pg. 134
$100,000,000.00 to Essential Air carriers pg. 162 This of note because the Airlines are going to need billions in loans to keep them afloat. $100,000,000.00 is chump change
$40,000,000,000. goes to the Take Responsibility to Workers and Families Act. This sounds like it's direct payments for workers. Pg. 164
$1,000,000,000.00 Airlines Recycle and Save Program pg. 163
$25,000,000.00 to the FAA for administrative costs pg. 165
$492,000,000.00 to National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) pg. 167
$526,000,000.00 Grants to Amtrak to remain available if needed through 2021 pg. 168 (what are the odds that doesn't go unused)
Hidden on page 174 the Secretary has 7 days to allocate the funds & notify Congress
$25,000,000,000.00 for Transit Infrastructure pg. 169
$3,000,000.00 Maritime Administration pg. 172
$5,000,000.00 Salaries and Expensive Office of the Inspector General pg. 172
$2,500,000.00 Public and Indian Housing pg. 175
$5,000,000.00 Community Planning and Development pg. 175
$2,500,000.00 Office of Housing
Are you angry yet? (when you hear the jokes about Slush Funds, you may now understand a little better)
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Jesus, if I don’t like the guy’s method of public speaking, I must believe all the lies the left spews. I just don’t like the way the guy talks. That’s it.
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Well, look who came out from under his rock, again.Because he's a raving lunatic? I dunno, just a wild guess, a shot in the dark.
Too bad the TDS hasn't subsided.
Pressure is mounting. This time ARMED protestors stormed the Michigan State House on Thursday.
They better open this **** up soon.
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Capitol protesters urge an end to Michigan's state of emergency
LANSING – A large group of demonstrators — many not wearing masks and some carrying rifles on their shoulders — crowded into the lobby outside the House chambers Thursday, shouting to be allowed onto the House floor, during a protest at the Capitol against Michigan's state of emergency.
Michigan State Police troopers, wearing face masks, formed a line between the demonstrators and the entrance to the House floor, which is off-limits to the general public.
"Let us in," the protesters shouted, in some cases within a few inches of the police officers' faces.
At least one state senator expressed worry when she saw demonstrators shouting and carrying firearms in the public gallery.
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https://www.citizenfreepress.com/breaking/armed-protesters-storm-michigan-statehouse-raw/
Hundreds of freedom-loving patriots, some of them armed with rifles, stormed Michigan’s State House on Thursday to protest stay-at-home orders — and melodramatic lawmakers wore bulletproof vests to protect themselves.
The protesters forced their way into the Capitol in Lansing to urge officials to end a state of emergency as Michigan continues to battle one of the worst outbreaks in the country. Thursday’s event reached a climax when Capitol police moved in to protect lawmakers as protesters tried to storm their way into the chamber, the Detroit Free Press reported.
In one scene, several men armed with rifles made their way into the public gallery and began shouting at senators on the floor beneath them, according to an account by one lawmaker. “Directly above me, men with rifles yelling at us,” Michigan State Sen. Dayna Polehanki wrote on Twitter, sharing a photo of the demonstrators. “Some of my colleagues who own bullet proof vests are wearing them. I have never appreciated our Sergeants-at-Arms more than today.”
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="tr" dir="ltr">Michigan State House’ a gelen bazı silahlı protestocular binaya girmiş. Polis Valiyi korumak için kaçırmış. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/usa?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#usa</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/amerika?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#amerika</a> <a href="https://t.co/GBqnSHnDFn">pic.twitter.com/GBqnSHnDFn</a></p>— kerimyigit (@yigker) <a href="https://twitter.com/yigker/status/1255978812933836800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 30, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Lansing -Michigan ...Protesters move inside the Statehouse ....Well deserved Governor Whitmer ..<br>WE THE PEOPLE..Go Michigan!<a href="https://t.co/CWVgdD04uH">pic.twitter.com/CWVgdD04uH</a></p>— Ruthann (@TeaBoots) <a href="https://twitter.com/TeaBoots/status/1255920516558458881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 30, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Armed demonstrators storm Michigan State House over stay-at-home order - New York Post <a href="https://t.co/Hsk0AEeLqL">https://t.co/Hsk0AEeLqL</a></p>— OrangeCountyCaliforn (@OrangeCal) <a href="https://twitter.com/OrangeCal/status/1255979761899171840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 30, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
They better open this **** up soon.
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Capitol protesters urge an end to Michigan's state of emergency
LANSING – A large group of demonstrators — many not wearing masks and some carrying rifles on their shoulders — crowded into the lobby outside the House chambers Thursday, shouting to be allowed onto the House floor, during a protest at the Capitol against Michigan's state of emergency.
Michigan State Police troopers, wearing face masks, formed a line between the demonstrators and the entrance to the House floor, which is off-limits to the general public.
"Let us in," the protesters shouted, in some cases within a few inches of the police officers' faces.
At least one state senator expressed worry when she saw demonstrators shouting and carrying firearms in the public gallery.
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https://www.citizenfreepress.com/breaking/armed-protesters-storm-michigan-statehouse-raw/
Hundreds of freedom-loving patriots, some of them armed with rifles, stormed Michigan’s State House on Thursday to protest stay-at-home orders — and melodramatic lawmakers wore bulletproof vests to protect themselves.
The protesters forced their way into the Capitol in Lansing to urge officials to end a state of emergency as Michigan continues to battle one of the worst outbreaks in the country. Thursday’s event reached a climax when Capitol police moved in to protect lawmakers as protesters tried to storm their way into the chamber, the Detroit Free Press reported.
In one scene, several men armed with rifles made their way into the public gallery and began shouting at senators on the floor beneath them, according to an account by one lawmaker. “Directly above me, men with rifles yelling at us,” Michigan State Sen. Dayna Polehanki wrote on Twitter, sharing a photo of the demonstrators. “Some of my colleagues who own bullet proof vests are wearing them. I have never appreciated our Sergeants-at-Arms more than today.”
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="tr" dir="ltr">Michigan State House’ a gelen bazı silahlı protestocular binaya girmiş. Polis Valiyi korumak için kaçırmış. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/usa?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#usa</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/amerika?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#amerika</a> <a href="https://t.co/GBqnSHnDFn">pic.twitter.com/GBqnSHnDFn</a></p>— kerimyigit (@yigker) <a href="https://twitter.com/yigker/status/1255978812933836800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 30, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Lansing -Michigan ...Protesters move inside the Statehouse ....Well deserved Governor Whitmer ..<br>WE THE PEOPLE..Go Michigan!<a href="https://t.co/CWVgdD04uH">pic.twitter.com/CWVgdD04uH</a></p>— Ruthann (@TeaBoots) <a href="https://twitter.com/TeaBoots/status/1255920516558458881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 30, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Armed demonstrators storm Michigan State House over stay-at-home order - New York Post <a href="https://t.co/Hsk0AEeLqL">https://t.co/Hsk0AEeLqL</a></p>— OrangeCountyCaliforn (@OrangeCal) <a href="https://twitter.com/OrangeCal/status/1255979761899171840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 30, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Because he's a raving lunatic? I dunno, just a wild guess, a shot in the dark.
Speaking of lunatics, welcome back Tibs. How is it going over your way?
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She just extended it until May 28th. That will teach those peasants to question her. Two extra weeks of timeout for you. Back to your huts.
New york matters... the rest of the country is irrelevant ... it only matters about a cesspool that crams 8.6 million residents into 300 square miles then asks another 3 million people to commute into that area daily for work and acts as one of the world’s biggest travel hubs and tourist destinations...
Do you know whats great... watching them make this seem so bad when it’s irrelevant... at this point you all do realize that the majority of the most vulnerable have died and most of tge current deaths are backlogs from weeks ago... daily deaths are deaths from that day, they are deaths confirmed that day, which sometimes takes days or weeks...
This is bullshit... even libs are climbing off board... the holdouts have political motivation...
Well i hope Biden gets a couple votes from Michigan this year... she is not really popular right now and may be removed. He still has her on a short list for vp...
Civil war is inching closer. The average American, in Beaver County PA, does not want to support, with their tax dollars, the pension fund, of Chicago IL. That is what they are asking to do,
It is not only Chicago.
We are inching.
It is not only Chicago.
We are inching.
If trump wins there is a very high probability that he gets assassinated.. he fits the mold... guys who take too many potshots at the establishment typically get hit ... he crossed the Fed and the intelligence community.. he is about to go to cold war with china, the globalists won’t stand for that... i wont say its lincoln freeing the slaves, but it is cutting into the ability to abuse humans for profit and that is a big no no in the elitist world
Its all the big socialized states... they cannot support themselves and their math is bad so they lost any ability to self correct... they need the country that isn’t bogged down by illogical policies to support them and that isn’t right... let them collapse... urban America needs rebuilt and it won’t happen with the dim bulbs driving those areas in place
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Doubtful, but who knows. I do know he's our only shot to financially pull out of this **** show. The governors of certain states are really the ones i could see becoming targets. You just can't push people to the edge for this long. You're going to have people get desperate and the first people you go for are the ones causing the suffering .
It's just a ticking bomb and the fuse is running out.
Open this **** back up! We cannot sustain this shutdown. The results have been and will be devastating for many people and potentially long term devastation for the economy!
I'm not convinced that we have saved that many lives with these closures anyway. I think we are a smart enough society to distance ourselves and be smart with what we do on a daily basis.
Now I can understand the school closings simply because snotty nosed kids have a tendency to spread viruses like wildfire, but imo some of this **** is just stupid.
Kentucky swimming pools closed thru June, but churches/salons/amusement parks and the like are good to go. What?
Why are swimming pools a higher risk than churches/amusement parks?
Over it!
I'm not convinced that we have saved that many lives with these closures anyway. I think we are a smart enough society to distance ourselves and be smart with what we do on a daily basis.
Now I can understand the school closings simply because snotty nosed kids have a tendency to spread viruses like wildfire, but imo some of this **** is just stupid.
Kentucky swimming pools closed thru June, but churches/salons/amusement parks and the like are good to go. What?
Why are swimming pools a higher risk than churches/amusement parks?
Over it!