Friday, April 29, 2011

Delta Dental loses 93 jobs due to Medi-Cal cuts - Sacramento Business Journal:

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The $260 million annual progranm will shut downJuly 1. Administered at Deltas Dental’s offices on Data Drive, it serves aboutt 3 million low-income California residentd ages 21and older. The program is being cut to offsegthe state’s whopping budget deficit, now projected at more than $24 billion. The jobs includ 71 staff positions and 22in management, Deltaz Dental spokesman Jeff Album said The program will close July 1 but will take weekz or months to wind Album said, so the compant does not have a timeline for when the jobs will end. “It’d a huge hit, not just for Delta Album said.
“It’s money goingf to dentists statewide who serve the underinsuresd anduninsured — and the 3 milliojn people who are not goingt to get their dental needd met.” The layoffs follow layoffsw and a hiring freeze at Delta Dentalk in February due to the tougb economic climate. A total of 170 positiones were affected, including 70 in Rancho The company currently has the equivalengtof 1,505 full-time staff in Rancho Cordova and a total 3,600 nationwide.

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