Physician Hospitals of America:  Idle Hospital Construction & Expansion Projects Could Provide 7000 Highly Skilled Healthcare Jobs

Language in Affordable Care Act Blocks Much-Needed Job Relief(Washington, D.C., September 19, 2011) - On January 1, 2011, Section 6001 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) forced at least 30 new hospital projects to be abandoned and halted expansion projects for approximately 47 existing hospitals. Some of these projects are unrecoverable, but Physician Hospitals of America (PHA) has identified 7000 highly-skilled healthcare jobs that would quickly be created were physician owned hospital projects allowed to move forward. “Not only would projects ready to go today provide thousands of