Hospital refuses to accept its own employees' health insurance

[mdmc]

Management says it's a business decision; workers say it's spite
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080708/BIZ/807080309

In what hospital officials say is a financial decision but union members chalk up to spite, St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital has stopped accepting its own employees' health insurance.

[Horse with no Name]

1. I've been on the receiving end of hospital based employer insurance

Do you know that Walmart employees generally get better benefits than we do?
It's sad really.:(

[mdmc]

2. The employees are getting their insurance through the union

The hospital refused to accept the Union's health insurance.

[Horse with no Name]

3. I guess my point is

that it happens even outside of the union.
Next time I will try to be more clear.;)

[raccoon]

4. I thought hospital employees had GOOD insurance. Whaddya know..nt

[Mabus]

5. So they're doing it because of the union?

What a bunch of BS and it is an insult to the employees.

[GardeningGal]

6. I guess I'd start looking for a new job.

Word will get around in the medical industry and no one will want to work there anymore. With difficulties finding qualified nurses, I would imagine the hospital would be shooting themselves in the foot with this one.

[SmileyRose]

7. Using people's life/death as a bargaining chip.

pitiful. Just pitiful what corporate America is STILL being allowed to do.