Health care costs continue to be a major federal policy issue with the Medicare Trust Fund expected to be exhausted in 2026 and health care expected to account for 32.9% percent of all federal ...

Health care will lead job creation over the next decade. These roles are expected to grow the most. The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates the U.S. economy will grow by 6.7 million jobs in the next ...

Health care employers made more hires last month than during any period since September as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continued to steadily decline. Health care companies added an estimated ...

Employment in the health care sector increased by 56,700 in June, more than double the average monthly pace in this sector during the last year, according to last Friday’s jobs report. Nevertheless, ...

The healthcare sector is a bright spot in the economy this year, driving nearly half of the nation’s employment gains, but economists and experts say immigration crackdowns and looming Medicaid cuts ...

Among health care job sectors, nursing homes have been the most adversely affected by declines in employment growth since the pandemic—a rate more than triple that of hospitals or physician offices, ...

Employment matters in the health care industry once again prompted significant attention from federal and state governments in 2023. While much of our 2022 Year in Review discussed how states were ...

The healthcare sector has accounted for nearly half of this year’s U.S. job growth. But economists say immigration crackdowns and Medicaid cuts could create a drag on the sector just as more workers ...