Oh Boston…a stunning city rich with history, and understandably mad about their Red Sox. After all, they just so recently overcame the Curse of the Bambino to win a World Series, and it’s no surprise that the city and the baseball cans are rabid for the team’s good fortune to continue. One hospital that provides health care in Boston, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, loves the team so much that they are not going to give up their partnership being the Sox’s “official hospital” while facing massive budget cuts. What is the hospital having to cut to keep ties with the team intact, and how might this effect hospital employees?

A Hospital’s Swing and a Miss

Imagine you are a hardworking, dedicated employee of your local hospital. You work hard, provide patients with the best care imaginable, and one day you come in to work to find that you won’t be getting matching contributions to your 401k as you were promised upon your initial hire. Why? “Oh, we want to keep out relationship with the Boston Red Sox strong. Sorry.”

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When you think of AARP (American Association of Retired Persons), what comes to mind? A sweet organization working hard to provide information, a good quality of life and insurance options for the elderly and retired population of the United States? A few older gentleman chatting over a game of chess older ladies laughing over a big jug of lemonade is what comes to my mind. However, a recent report released by the Kaiser Network may change how you think of this organization.

After reading about the scandal of how AARP has been capitalizing off of big insurance at the expense of its members, I now picture money-grubbing people in suits sitting around drinking scotch giggling at their diabolical plan with dollar signs flashing in their eyes. Read on to find out what happened.

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