MultiCare Health System to lay off up to 350 Employees In Tacoma

[rsmith6621]

MultiCare Health System, Pierce County’s largest private employer, will cut up to 350 employees from its network by early autumn.

“We will reduce our workforce by about 300 to 350 (full-time employees) out of our total workforce of 9,400 employees effective Oct. 7,” said spokeswoman Marce Edwards on Tuesday morning.

“These will not be across-the-board cuts, but instead careful, selected reductions in areas where cost-savings opportunities exist,” Edwards said.

“MultiCare Health System is facing major cuts in reimbursement from Medicare and Medicaid, as are all health systems across the country,” she said. “We also are seeing more laid-off workers seeking health care who have lost their health insurance due to the struggling economy.”

http://blog.thenewstribune.com/business/2011/07/12/multicare-health-system-to-lay-off-up-to-350-employees-by-fall/

[Shagbark Hickory]

1. Oh that's just great.

But didn't it hear about all the people that will be forced to buy insurance in 3 years?