Another CEO strikes.

[no_hypocrisy]

Just heard that a hospital CEO called all hospital staff together this week at 9 a.m. sharp. He told everyone that they HAD TO vote for Romney because if Obama gets elected, he'll get rid of Medicare and they would all lose their jobs. And it was implied that they would risk losing their jobs if Obama were to be elected. The daughter of my friend was part of the hospital staff at that "meeting". She called my friend and asked him if that was true. (She had to ask???!!!) This is a woman with a Ph.D. and she had no idea what was going on. (BTW, the hospital is in central Pennsylvania.)

[still_one]

1. Not only is that a lie I wonder if that is legal for a public hospital to do. I would name the

Hospital and ceo

[Rider3]

2. Good idea.

[SheilaT]

3. Also, hospitals essentially have to take Medicare

unless they are completely private. I'm trying to remember what the deal is.

This almost sounds like an urban legend, except that there are company CEO's this year who have been instructing employees to vote for Romney. Quite frankly, if the CEO of the hospital that employees me were to have such a meeting, I'd have no qualms about standing up and confronting him. I'd point out to one and all that there's a reason we have a secret vote. I'd ask just how much money the hospital gets every year from Medicare, what percentage of the hospital's income that is.

I have actually spoken up more than once to the CEO of my hospital on various matters. The very first time I ever saw him, after I'd been employed for about three months, I told him what I thought about the situation with our elevators. They were frequently out of order, all too often medical waste was being carried along with patients or their families, and so on. The excuse I was given that the hospital had been built in the 1970's and so the elevators were aging and needed a lot of maintenance. By some amazing coincidence, the very next day the local paper had a story about the elevators, and no, I did not contact them about the problem.

Another time he made the mistake of stopping by my little work station (I work the information desk part time) and I gave him an earful about why a hospital information desk in the 21st century should not be staffed by volunteers, as well-meaning and dedicated as those volunteers are.

I think this man can't really remember who I am, since he only sees me every few months.

Anyway, you should try to track this story down to attempt to verify the truth, and exactly which hospital it occurred at.

Oh, and another thing. Hospitals operate 24/7, and so at any given time it would be possible to get together maybe all of the administrative staff, but at best half of the ones who actually deal with the patients in some way, such as nurses, therapists, registration people, lab people, and so on.

[life long demo]

4. While I believe that is illegal, but more to the point how would anyone

know how a person voted? You can tell people anything. Unless the person comes into the voting booth with you, no one else knows who you voted for.