Biden’s vaccine mandate may force some hospitals to close down because they will be so short-staffed that they cannot offer services. The reason for this is that Biden is threatening the Medicare/Medicaid money these hospitals receive if they don’t enforce his vaccine mandate, and some hospitals heavily rely on that money to operate:
JUST THE NEWS – The Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers at facilities receiving Medicare and Medicaid funding, in addition to statewide vaccine requirements, are causing hospital staff shortages across the country, as those who are unvaccinated are forced to leave their jobs.
These shortages are forcing some hospitals to shut down or scale back on healthcare services like delivering babies. In at least one known case, hospital rooms aren’t receiving clean linens and the cafeteria is unable to serve hot food because of staff shortage.
Brownfield Regional Medical Center in Texas
Brownfield Regional Medical Center in Texas may close down if the federal vaccine mandate is enforced because so many staff will have to be fired, according to KCBD in Lubbock.
“[P]robably 20 to 25 percent of my staff will have to go away if that’s the case,” said Jerry Jasper, CEO at Brownfield Regional Medical Center.
The hospital cannot afford to lose its Medicare and Medicaid money either, since it makes up 80-85% of their funding.
“It’s huge in our rural community as all the other rural communities,” Jasper said. “We all have high poverty levels and stuff like that, so a lot of Medicaid usage in our communities and stuff like that.”
Lewis County General Hospital in New York
As of Friday, Lewis County General Hospital in New York is no longer delivering babies because six of their maternity unit employees resigned to avoid getting the COVID-19 vaccine, according to WWNY-TV. Seven other maternity unit workers are undecided on taking the vaccine.
Lewis County Health System CEO Gerald Cayer said his hope is that this is a temporary situation as he works with the state Department of Health to ensure the maternity unit doesn’t permanently close.
“If we can pause the service and now focus on recruiting nurses who are vaccinated, we will be able to reengage in delivering babies here in Lewis County,” he said.
There are 165 hospital employees who have not received a COVID-19 vaccine, which is 27% of the workforce, Cayer said. The other 73%, or 464 employees, have already received the vaccine.
St. Joseph’s Hospital in Syracuse, N.Y.
St. Joseph’s Hospital in Syracuse, N.Y., is consolidating operating rooms because of the staffing shortage, according to the chief medical officer, Dr. Philip Falcone, Spectrum News reported. Elective surgeries are continuing, but scheduled procedures are being reviewed every week to adjust capacity according to the number of staff available, Falcone said.
As of Sept. 21, 77% of St. Joseph’s staff are vaccinated.
Just one more reason why Biden’s vaccine mandates are unconscionable. Not only do they violate someone’s personal liberty, but now they threaten to shut down hospitals during a freaking pandemic because of staffing shortages. Biden has the worst policies of any president in my lifetime, and that includes Obama.