Medicaid cuts in Trump’s ‘big beautiful’ bill will leave millions uninsured, threaten rural hospitals

Medicaid cuts in Trump’s ‘big beautiful’ bill will leave millions uninsured, threaten rural hospitals

An aerial view of Valley Health Hampshire Memorial Hospital on June 17, 2025 in Romney, W.V. Ricky Carioti | The Washington Post | Getty Images President Donald Trump‘s “big, beautiful bill” would make sweeping changes to U.S. health care, leaving millions of vulnerable Americans without health insurance and threatening the hospitals and centers that provide … Read more

FDA guts division that trains staff and health-care professionals on key practices like opioid safety, avoiding drug errors

FDA guts division that trains staff and health-care professionals on key practices like opioid safety, avoiding drug errors

The Food and Drug Administration has gutted a division responsible for training agency staff and outside health-care professionals on an array of key public health, regulation and safety practices and supporting professional development for employees, CNBC has learned.  In an email viewed by CNBC, workers were notified that the Division of Learning and Organizational Development, … Read more

U.S. health department plans to slash 10,000 jobs as RFK Jr. upends agencies

U.S. health department plans to slash 10,000 jobs as RFK Jr. upends agencies

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., US secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, March 24, 2025.  Samuel Corum | Bloomberg | Getty Images Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to slash 10,000 full-time employees across different departments, as … Read more

UnitedHealthcare offers buyouts, could pursue layoffs

UnitedHealthcare offers buyouts, could pursue layoffs

A general view outside the United Healthcare corporate headquarters on December 4, 2024 in Minnetonka, Minnesota.  Stephen Maturen | Getty Images UnitedHealthcare is offering certain employees in its benefits operations unit the option to accept buyouts if they quit by March 3, following a tumultuous year for the insurance giant, CNBC has learned. Those who … Read more

CDC ‘disease detectors’ among hundreds fired as Trump administration ramps up agency cuts

CDC ‘disease detectors’ among hundreds fired as Trump administration ramps up agency cuts

The Trump administration on Saturday terminated hundreds of employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including fellows responsible for key public health roles, according to two sources at the agency who spoke on the condition of anonymity out of concern over retaliation. Among them were about two dozen workers who made up the Laboratory … Read more