As hospitals and emergency rooms deal with a surge of patients affected by the coronavirus, clinics and other health care centers see a decline in elective surgeries, procedures and preventive care
that filed for initial unemployment benefits last week is unknown. Specific data from the U.S. Department of Labor will be released when it reports its March unemployment numbers Friday.Thousands of health care workers affected
"Here we are in a health care crisis, and you have a situation where we have to be prepared, but at the same time, it's fundamentally changing the demand we have," said Andrew Perry, CEO of McFarland Clinic in Ames, Iowa. "So we find ourselves in this odd position." McFarland Clinic has lost about 40% of its business while patients getting routine preventive care are asked to reschedule their appointments after the pandemic is over, Perry said.
She asks only three or four patients a day to come in – the people who"need to be seen," including patients with unexplained abdominal pain, chest pain that requires an electrocardiogram and possible pneumonia, a risk factor for COVID-19.Doctors and health care administrators have been making – and changing – decisions about furloughing employees on a daily basis.
She and her car salesman husband had just purchased and renovated a rustic barn in rural Elba, Alabama, to host live concerts when coronavirus hit. Her reduced pay, coupled with a drop in vehicle purchases, leaves the couple in a tight spot as the loan payments on Gilded Oaks come due.Pollard's boss, Dr. Beverly Jordan of Enterprise, Alabama, tried to avoid layoffs despite a 50% to 75% reduction in business.
Orr, the receptionist in Ohio, said she and her husband will be OK as long as she can collect unemployment. The couple pay $1,100 a month for Orr's health insurance until she becomes eligible for Medicare.
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