Well last week SSM healthcare in St Louis handed out pink slips to 120 middle managers (or so I heard). A guy I know who was a director over resp, lab, cardiac services at the hospital next to where I live was handed a pink slip. 18 years and the best they can do is tell him to pack up and get out.

This week the healthcare system I work for ..... well my hospital ...  haven't heard whats going on elsewhere yet  .....  handed out 45 pink slips to middle managers.

Times are tough with increasing cost of living and medicare problems. They are saying folks with private insurance are holding off on elective surgeries. Have you all heard anything about a freeze on medicare payout?  Didn't seem logical to me. You know you hear all kinds of rumors in times like these.

So what is going on in your area?