2%. Just in time for the end of the 2% FICA holiday.
It seems more than half the staff has serious health issues themselves. They've lost about half their phlebotomists in the last year, all but one to serious illness. One quit without notice the moment she sold her house, and moved back home to Canada.
We're in the backstabbing mode of downsizing, which could continue for some time. They are closing the ER of our sister hospital, which will keep the hospital where I work afloat and crazy a while longer. It will likely also increase the speed of burnout. In the meantime, we're losing regular, insured patients to the larger hospitals to our south now that we're off the state's "preferred vendor" list. We lose money on Medicare patients which used to be made up for by the insured. Now we just lose money I guess 
Edited to add while there weren't direct cuts to staffing, there is downsizing by attrition. Sprinting an 8-hour marathon is one thing. Doing that 5 days/week is another. Night shift is 13 hours, with your body screaming for sleep. Try sprinting 13 hours at a stretch a few nights/week. Eventually, it all comes down to survival.
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