UnitedHealth Slashes 138 Jobs in Delaware After Losing State Medicaid Contract

UnitedHealth Slashes 138 Jobs in Delaware After Losing State Medicaid Contract

by Sean Moran 28 Nov 2017

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/11/28/unitedhealth-slashes-138-jobs-delaware-losing-states-medicaid-contract/

UnitedHealth Group will lay off 138 workers from its staff because the health insurer lost a contract to provide Medicaid services to Delaware citizens.

The staff reduction will bring the company’s Delaware offices down to 122 employees, although spokeswoman Jessica Buechler said that recently, UnitedHealth could rehire newly laid-off workers through open telecommuting positions.

Buechler also suggested that UnitedHealth Group will work with competing for health insurers to find jobs for their recently unemployed workers.

The Wisconsin-based insurance company will also reduce staff in Arizona by 381 workers.

The Delaware Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) announced in September that it will not renew UnitedHealth’s contract to operate the state’s Medicaid Managed Care Program in 2018.

UnitedHealth and Highmark Health Options Blue Cross Blue Shield will run Delaware’s Medicaid Managed Care Program, which serves about 200,000 Delaware citizens.

Highmark and AmeriHealth will manage the state’s Medicaid Managed Care Program operations starting on January 1, 2018.

UnitedHealth does not sell individual health insurance on Delaware’s Obamacare health insurance exchange.

UnitedHealth reported revenue of $185 billion in 2016.

Delaware’s economy continues to stagnate; the state’s economy grew at 0.1 percent rate, the lowest growth rate in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.

Delaware’s economy grew at the third-slowest rate of any station in the nation, according to a new report published Tuesday by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Delaware’s job market has also struggled; unemployment in the state rose to 4.9 percent in August, which is above the U.S.’s 4.4 percent.

Let’s connect the dots:

Medicaid

Donald M. Berwick was an administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.

Note: Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Center for American Progress, and the Committee for Economic Development.

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and supported the Center for American Progress.      

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Center for American Progress, the Committee for Economic Development, the Aspen Institute (think tank), and the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Tom Daschle is the chairman for the Center for American Progress, a lobbyist for the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, was the nominee for health and human services secretary for the Barack Obama administration, an adviser for the UnitedHealth Group Inc., and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Blue Cross Blue Shield Association was a funder for the Center for American Progress.

Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield is a member of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware is a member of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association.

Michele J. Hooper is a director at the UnitedHealth Group Inc., and a member of the Belizean Grove.

Julie Daum is a member of the Belizean Grove, and was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Lois E. Quam was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and a manager for the UnitedHealth Group Inc.

James A. Johnson was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, a director at the UnitedHealth Group Inc., is a member of the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank) and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Davia B. Temin was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and is a member of the Belizean Grove.

Mary Agnes Wilderotter is a member of the Belizean Grove, and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Henrietta Holsman Fore is a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, a member of the Belizean Grove, a trustee at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (think tank), and a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Belizean_Grove is the female equivalent to the male-only social group, the Bohemian Club, whose annual meetings are held at the Bohemian Grove in California.

Henry A. Kissinger is a member of the Bohemian Club, a trustee at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (think tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Thelma Duggin is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and was the SVP for the UnitedHealth Group Inc.

William D. Budinger is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a trustee at the Third Way.

Thomas R. Carper is an honorary co-chair for the Third Way, and was a Delaware state government governor.

Bloomberg Family Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Michael R. Bloomberg is the founder of the Bloomberg Family Foundation, and a co-chair for the Risky Business Project.

Bloomberg Philanthropies is an umbrella organization for the Bloomberg Family Foundation, and a partner with the Risky Business Project.

Donna E. Shalala is a risk committee member for the Risky Business Project, was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a director at the UnitedHealth Group Inc.

James A. Johnson was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, a director at the UnitedHealth Group Inc., is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a member of the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank) and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Edgar Rios is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and was the EVP & general counsel for the UnitedHealth Group Inc.

Tom Daschle was an adviser for the UnitedHealth Group Inc., the nominee for health and human services secretary for the Barack Obama administration, is the chairman for the Center for American Progress, a lobbyist for the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).    

Donald M. Berwick is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, and was an administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Blue Cross Blue Shield Association was a funder for the Center for American Progress.

Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield is a member of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware is a member of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association.