The shooting at Perry County Memorial Hospital in Tell City, across the Ohio River from Kentucky, killed Tell City Sgt. Heather Glenn and 34-year-old Sean Hubert of Tell City.
Tacoma-based MultiCare on Thursday announced layoffs affecting more than 200 of its workers in the health system. In a news release, the health system said the cuts would affect 229 employees, or about 1 percent of its 23,000 workforce, "including about two dozen leaders, in an ongoing effort to reduce the health system’s expenses."
The end of these benefits is part of the merger between the Atlanta-based Wellstar Health and the Augusta University Health systems into Wellstar MCG Health.
The nation's median age increased by 0.2 years to 38.9 years between 2021 and 2022, according to Vintage 2022 Population Estimates by the U.S. Census Bureau.
The sudden loss of employee insurance at Gateway Regional Medical Center in Granite City has left some workers concerned. On June 9, according to an email from a GRMC employee, they received an email from Rob Boyd, the company’s chief human resources officer, saying that healthcare benefits were canceled effective June 1.