PA Hospitals Say They’ll Cut 24,000 Jobs If Sequester Happens

PennLive.com reports on a new warning about the local impacts of sequestration: “According to an analysis commissioned by the Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania, health-care providers would lose $126 million in 2013, mostly because of the 2 percent cut to Medicare called for by the federal budget cuts. That would trigger 24,201 health-care job cuts that wouldn’t take place instantly, but would occur by the end of the year, according to HAP. The cuts would involve a range of facilities, from hospitals to nursing homes to home health agencies … If the sequester cuts stand, Pennsylvania hospitals will lose $1.3 billion between 2013 and 2021, and it will cost the state 37,382 hospital jobs, according to the HAP analysis.”