The sky-high costs of Obamacare have forced a Kansas hospital to lay off more than a dozen employees.
Newman Regional Health hospital in Emporia, KS, a limited in-patient and outpatient services facility, has laid off fifteen employees- ten full time workers and five part time workers.
In a statement issued by Newman Regional, the hospital blames the lay offs on the "negative financial impacts of the Affordable Care Act."
The staff cut is expected to save the hospital $1 million every year.
Bob Wright, CEO of Newman Regional told KTKA-KS, "It’s looking into the future, knowing that we need to make a profit, having the advantage of critical access, getting us most of the way there, but having really to do our part as good stewards of our resources to make sure that we’re profitable."