Study predicts ACA repeal would result in 3,000 job losses in Stanislaus County
In a study released last week, the U.C. Berkeley Labor Center said that counties such as
The center concluded that 135,000 of the 209,000 jobs eliminated statewide would be in the health care sector, with hospitals, physician offices, labs, outpatient centers and dental offices shedding staff members as consumers lose insurance coverage or
If
At the same time, insurers in
The research assumed that
Almost 5 million
Hospitals in
Community health centers that are safety nets for the
If the trust fund is allowed to expire, the Golden Valley centers will lose
Partly to serve an increase in patients under the ACA, Golden Valley opened new clinics in Ceres and Empire and expanded dental sites.
"Cutting jobs is a realistic part of the equation when you are looking at 10 percent of the budget being cut," Rawling said. "We are extremely concerned about it. We are in the business of providing health care to people who need it the most, so we are concerned patients won't have access to the health care they need and their health will decline."
In
Since 2013,
County Chief Executive Officer
Representatives of the
The union noted that
"We are on record opposing (House Speaker)
According to the
The study also predicted the economic impact would affect other industries, such as health care suppliers, restaurants and food service, janitorial services and accounting firms. The projections include 8,000 job losses for restaurants and drinking establishments, 6,000 in real estate, 6,000 in insurance and related businesses, and 5,000 in employment services.
According to the report, the healthcare industry has been a major source of employment growth in
The U.C. Berkeley Labor Center study can be viewed at http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/ under "Publications".
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