LIBERTY, Mo. — Officials at Liberty Hospital confirmed Tuesday that they laid off 129 employees in an effort to cut $20 million.

The hospital said the lay-offs were a result of the Obama administration’s Affordable Care Act that will reduce Medicare payments to hospitals when it officially takes effect in January 2014.

The hospital said the lay-offs were a proactive measure to keep the hospital fiscally responsible. It said patient care would not be affected.

But many employees disagree. Amy Stone worked at the hospital as a nurse for eight years but was among those dismissed on Tuesday.

“The patients are going to end up suffering for it. They are going to have less nurses that will be taking care of more patients and the patients are going to get less and less care,” Stone said. “They’re not going to get their baths like they should, they’re not going to get their medicine on time.”

LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. — Anybody can have a bad relationship with their therapist, but this particular relationship was so alarming FOX 4 Problem Solvers decided to investigate. What they discovered is a therapy office that looks legitimate enough from the outside until you peel back the layers and discover the truth.

Moses Artis was more interested in his key fob than in talking to FOX 4 Problem Solvers. Artis works as a family counselor and was in court asking for a restraining order against a former client. A man he said has threatened him. But that former client tells FOX 4 Problem Solvers that all he did was try to expose Artis as a fraud and a liar.

It’s a story that starts at Lee’s Summit Marriage and Family Center. That’s where a man, who asked us only to identify him as Aaron, came to Moses for couples counseling. Fairly quickly, Aaron said, there were signs something wasn’t right.