What's the latest news after AEP ended yesterday? Concerns, comments, predictions?
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Christmas layoffs have become one of the most cruel and cynical rituals of corporate America — a reminder that under unrestrained capitalism, shareholder comfort too often outweighs human dignity. Firing people at the holidays isn’t business necessity; it’s moral failure dressed up as efficiency.
“We wish you Mary Christmas and Happy new year….
good luck finding jobs in January.” - your CEO.
I guess disappointing year, enrollment is down , medicaid is cut.
Another quarter, another healthcare giant blaming “market conditions” for its own decisions. Enrollment is down, they say. Medicaid rolls shrank after Republican-led cuts, they note. And like clockwork, executives respond with the same prescription: layoffs dressed up as “operational efficiencies.”
Let’s be clear. These companies built their growth on expanded Medicaid and aggressive enrollment tactics. When policy changes reduced that pipeline, they suddenly discovered “unsustainable cost structures.” But rather than question their dependence on public programs or their own strategic miscalculations, they reach for the easiest lever—cutting employees who had nothing to do with the problem.
Meanwhile, the C-suite that greenlit the strategy, lobbied for the policies, and pocketed bonuses for short-term gains remains untouched. They present slides about “headwinds” while avoiding the obvious: the real instability comes from leadership’s refusal to absorb any of the consequences they helped create.
In today’s healthcare industry, the message is consistent and shameless: when enrollment falls, workers take the hit so executives don’t have to.
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