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Beyond it being normally weird, that's a very weird thing to do.

With the aging population, we'll need more and more health care professionals. I'm not just referring to people over 60, even people 40 upwards require more care.

>>b112+(OP)
I am not trying to start any sort of political discussion. However, I do not think many of the layoffs that have hit healthcare workers are due to maximizing profits for hospitals nor due to the lack of demand for healthcare.

If I am not mistaken, the current administration has enacted changes that have caused a significant reduction in federal grant funding for hospitals. So, many of the layoffs, as I understand it, are to make up for the coming losses in funding.

I live in a state with plenty of rural areas. There are growing fears of some rural hospitals being forced to completely shut down due to funding cuts.