U.S. hospital faces $230 million deficit as a result of bad economy

A U.S. hospital is scrambling to reorganize itself amid a $230 million deficit brought on by an influx of uninsured patients, bad debt and reduced taxes. Miami’s Jackson Health Systems is looking to various sources to keep them afloat – the hospital is within weeks of not being able to make payroll. Included in the new interim plan is $30 million from the hospital unions, $80 million from the county, and $29 million from the university. $150 million of that deficit comes from patients who simply cannot afford to pay their bills. An earlier plan had called for 4,000 layoffs at the hospital. The new plan reduces the need for such layoffs.