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Hospital Price Growth Drops Below 1% Even as Health Sector Employment Jumps

That was what we were told...right?

But I'm sure someone will be along shortly to tell us that it isn't happening...or that it's something entirely different.

Quote:ANN ARBOR, MICH. — Health sector employment began 2015 much as it left off in 2014, adding 38,300 new jobs in January 2015, consistent with the 39,000 new jobs per month seen in the fourth quarter of 2014. Over the past 3 months, the health sector has added 127,000 jobs, the largest quarterly increase since January 1990 (which is as far back as our data go). The 6-month gain of 213,000 health jobs was the largest in nearly 25 years. Job growth was particularly strong in hospitals (9,600) and physicians’ offices (13,400).

Health care prices in December 2014 were 1.8% higher than in December 2013, two-tenths of a percentage point above the November rate. Year-over-year hospital prices grew 0.9% in December, a more-than-16-year low. Home health care prices rebounded from their earlier negative growth trend, recording a 1.9% growth rate in December, above the November rate of 1.4%, their highest reading since July 2009. Prescription drug prices rose 6.4%, a growth rate not seen since 1992, well up from 4.6% in November.
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Do they count the hiring of in-house healthcare lawyers?

Speaking just for what I have seen, hospitals and healthcare companies have taken on a boatload more attorneys, not that all these numbers are lawyers though.
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Another big interview with President Obama came out today, this one from Buzzfeed, and this section, in which Obama slammed Staples for limiting employee hours, supposedly in response to Obamacare, is creating a bit of buzz:

BEN SMITH: If I can move on to the Affordable Care Act. We reported yesterday that the office supply store Staples is — I’m sure this is an issue you’ve heard about before — is telling its workers that it will fire them if they work more than 25 hours a week. A manager had told a worker we talked to that “Obama’s responsible for this policy,” and they’re putting these notices on the wall of their break room saying that. I wonder what you’d say to the CEO of Staples, Ronald Sargent, about that policy?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum...workplace/

Yeah that is a great law.
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(02-13-2015 04:54 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  Do they count the hiring of in-house healthcare lawyers?

Speaking just for what I have seen, hospitals and healthcare companies have taken on a boatload more attorneys, not that all these numbers are lawyers though.

If its directly tied to healthcare, I would say yes. But it's not in the top 12 of health care job growth classifications according to Monster.com

Quote:1. Veterinary Technician/Technologist - 41 percent growth
2. Veterinarian - 33 percent
3. Medical Assistant - 34 percent
4. Pharmacy Technician - 32 percent
5. Dental Hygienist - 30 percent
6. Physical Therapist - 27 percent
7. Physician Assistant - 39 percent
8. Radiation Therapist - 25 percent
9. Surgical Technician - 24 percent
10. Athletic Trainer - 37 percent
11. Registered Nurse - 22.2 percent
12. Pharmacist - 22 percent

http://www.monster.com/career-start/a/mo...healthcare

Quote:The latest statistics show employment in healthcare will continue to grow through 2018 and very likely continue far beyond because:

The aging population means increasing numbers of people in older age groups, who are living longer and have increasing healthcare needs. As a result, the demand for healthcare will increase with a beneficial impact for people in the healthcare industries.
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(02-13-2015 04:40 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Hospital Price Growth Drops Below 1% Even as Health Sector Employment Jumps

That was what we were told...right?

But I'm sure someone will be along shortly to tell us that it isn't happening...or that it's something entirely different.

Quote:ANN ARBOR, MICH. — Health sector employment began 2015 much as it left off in 2014, adding 38,300 new jobs in January 2015, consistent with the 39,000 new jobs per month seen in the fourth quarter of 2014. Over the past 3 months, the health sector has added 127,000 jobs, the largest quarterly increase since January 1990 (which is as far back as our data go). The 6-month gain of 213,000 health jobs was the largest in nearly 25 years. Job growth was particularly strong in hospitals (9,600) and physicians’ offices (13,400).

Health care prices in December 2014 were 1.8% higher than in December 2013, two-tenths of a percentage point above the November rate. Year-over-year hospital prices grew 0.9% in December, a more-than-16-year low. Home health care prices rebounded from their earlier negative growth trend, recording a 1.9% growth rate in December, above the November rate of 1.4%, their highest reading since July 2009. Prescription drug prices rose 6.4%, a growth rate not seen since 1992, well up from 4.6% in November.

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(02-13-2015 04:54 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  Another big interview with President Obama came out today, this one from Buzzfeed, and this section, in which Obama slammed Staples for limiting employee hours, supposedly in response to Obamacare, is creating a bit of buzz:

BEN SMITH: If I can move on to the Affordable Care Act. We reported yesterday that the office supply store Staples is — I’m sure this is an issue you’ve heard about before — is telling its workers that it will fire them if they work more than 25 hours a week. A manager had told a worker we talked to that “Obama’s responsible for this policy,” and they’re putting these notices on the wall of their break room saying that. I wonder what you’d say to the CEO of Staples, Ronald Sargent, about that policy?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum...workplace/

Yeah that is a great law.

Did you read your link?

Quote:Staples says that the policy is years old and has nothing to do with health insurance; the employees Buzzfeed talked to say it’s being enforced with renewed vigor.

Besides, the ACA limit is 30 hours...they're cutting them off at 25. But hey...there are plenty of jobs that will not impose this policy...so the market will likely sort things out for Staples.
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(02-13-2015 04:54 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  Do they count the hiring of in-house healthcare lawyers?

Speaking just for what I have seen, hospitals and healthcare companies have taken on a boatload more attorneys, not that all these numbers are lawyers though.

And other employees to just manage compliance with obamacare. Healthcare is a growing industry based on many things, like demographics. It has been that way for years. Most of the spec new office construction is office/medical, and lots of em don't take obamacare patients.
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(02-13-2015 05:05 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  
(02-13-2015 04:54 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  Another big interview with President Obama came out today, this one from Buzzfeed, and this section, in which Obama slammed Staples for limiting employee hours, supposedly in response to Obamacare, is creating a bit of buzz:

BEN SMITH: If I can move on to the Affordable Care Act. We reported yesterday that the office supply store Staples is — I’m sure this is an issue you’ve heard about before — is telling its workers that it will fire them if they work more than 25 hours a week. A manager had told a worker we talked to that “Obama’s responsible for this policy,” and they’re putting these notices on the wall of their break room saying that. I wonder what you’d say to the CEO of Staples, Ronald Sargent, about that policy?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum...workplace/

Yeah that is a great law.

Did you read your link?

Quote:Staples says that the policy is years old and has nothing to do with health insurance; the employees Buzzfeed talked to say it’s being enforced with renewed vigor.

Besides, the ACA limit is 30 hours...they're cutting them off at 25. But hey...there are plenty of jobs that will not impose this policy...so the market will likely sort things out for Staples.

Yep, and the company wide notice that went out very recently said it is because of Obamacare compliance. Of course the CEO is going to say we have been doing this for blah blah years.
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Ever thought about baby boomers getting older?
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Wait until 2017.
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(02-13-2015 05:43 PM)dfarr Wrote:  Ever thought about baby boomers getting older?

Yes. That tide will roll in for another 10-15 years.


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Eventually we'll have too many people depending on the government and not enough paying into the system. It will all collapse, even on the small government conservatives who warned against the welfare state.
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(02-13-2015 09:12 PM)UConn-SMU Wrote:  Eventually we'll have too many people depending on the government and not enough paying into the system. It will all collapse, even on the small government conservatives who warned against the welfare state.

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(02-13-2015 09:12 PM)UConn-SMU Wrote:  Eventually we'll have too many people depending on the government and not enough paying into the system. It will all collapse, even on the small government conservatives who warned against the welfare state.

It will be an issue until the baby boomers eventually die off. It will be dicey for a period. That's part of the reason it will be so important for the able bodied to work.
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(02-13-2015 05:00 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  
(02-13-2015 04:54 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  Do they count the hiring of in-house healthcare lawyers?

Speaking just for what I have seen, hospitals and healthcare companies have taken on a boatload more attorneys, not that all these numbers are lawyers though.

If its directly tied to healthcare, I would say yes. But it's not in the top 12 of health care job growth classifications according to Monster.com

Quote:1. Veterinary Technician/Technologist - 41 percent growth
2. Veterinarian - 33 percent
3. Medical Assistant - 34 percent
4. Pharmacy Technician - 32 percent
5. Dental Hygienist - 30 percent
6. Physical Therapist - 27 percent
7. Physician Assistant - 39 percent
8. Radiation Therapist - 25 percent
9. Surgical Technician - 24 percent
10. Athletic Trainer - 37 percent
11. Registered Nurse - 22.2 percent
12. Pharmacist - 22 percent

http://www.monster.com/career-start/a/mo...healthcare

Quote:The latest statistics show employment in healthcare will continue to grow through 2018 and very likely continue far beyond because:

The aging population means increasing numbers of people in older age groups, who are living longer and have increasing healthcare needs. As a result, the demand for healthcare will increase with a beneficial impact for people in the healthcare industries.

Who is paying the salaries of all these medical people? Thought so.
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(02-13-2015 11:02 PM)UCF08 Wrote:  
(02-13-2015 09:12 PM)UConn-SMU Wrote:  Eventually we'll have too many people depending on the government and not enough paying into the system. It will all collapse, even on the small government conservatives who warned against the welfare state.

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How delightfully ignorant of you. Just one question though, where's the percentage of people in the labor workforce? I don't see it anywhere in the picture you've provided.
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Thats just wonderful...but...NONE of those jobs actually MAKE anything. They are essentially service jobs. What we need are manufacturing jobs. Ill applaud our King when those come back.
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