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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