Patients Over Profits: An UPTE Mass Meeting

UCI Health announced several hundred layoffs targeting UPTE-represented rehab therapists, chaplains, and quality improvement specialists—at a time when patients need more care than ever. Come hear directly from laid-off workers and learn our strategy to fight back.

307 minutes

Patients wait an average of 307 minutes before leaving the emergency department—100 minutes longer than the state median of 207 minutes.¹

+168%

Projected net income growth at UCI Health by FY2030, from $57M to $153M.²

Endnotes

1. U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, “UC Irvine Medical Center,” Care Compare, accessed March 23, 2026, https://www.medicare.gov/care-compare/details/hospital/050348?city=Irvine&state=CA&zipcode=.

2. University of California, Office of the President, “Budget; Scope; External, Standby, and Interim Financing; Amendment #3 to the UC Irvine 2007 Long Range Development Plan; and Design Following Action Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act, Irvine Campus Medical Complex, Irvine Campus,” item F4, Finance and Capital Strategies Committee, Board of Regents of the University of California, January 20, 2021, Attachment 3A (“UC Irvine Medical Complex Projected Financial Performance: Statement of Revenues and Expenses”), reflecting a projected net income shift from ($57,980,000) in FY2021 to $153,031,000 in operating income by FY2030.