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Federal workers turn to little-known ‘merit board’ as they try to avoid Trump’s mass layoffs
Federal workers are rushing to a little-known and understaffed office to try to save their jobs from President Donald Trump’s mass government layoffs, in hopes that it will be a bulwark against the president and Elon Musk as they push for more cuts.
Attention federal employees: It may be hard to get a private sector job right now
Federal workers have a big decision to make on Thursday. That’s the deadline for accepting the Trump administration’s deferred resignation offer, which will allow them to quit their federal job while still being paid through September. The administration is prodding federal workers to shift to the private sector for the next stage of their careers.
Attention federal employees: It may be hard to get a private sector job right now
Federal workers have a big decision to make on Thursday. That’s the deadline for accepting the Trump administration’s deferred resignation offer, which will allow them to quit their federal job while still being paid through September. The administration is prodding federal workers to shift to the private sector for the next stage of their careers.
UnitedHealth Group CEO: US health care needs to be ‘less confusing, less complex and less costly’
In its first financial results since its insurance unit CEO was fatally shot in New York City, UnitedHealth Group reported Thursday weaker-than-expected fourth-quarter
Medical debt soon will be banned on credit reports
Americans won’t have to worry about unpaid medical bills damaging their credit reports and scores much longer.
What’s at risk if Congress doesn’t fund the government by Friday night
The federal government could shut down in a matter of hours if Congress does not cobble together a temporary funding plan on Friday.
What’s at risk if Congress doesn’t fund the government by Friday night
Facing intense pressure of the federal government potentially shutting down within days and disaster aid coffers that need replenishment, lawmakers are racing to cobble together a temporary government funding plan after President-elect Donald Trump torpedoed their last package on Wednesday.
‘No one should have to be fighting cancer and insurance at the same time’
Instead of being able to calmly focus on her chemotherapy treatment, Arete Tsoukalas had to spend hours on the phone arguing with her insurer while receiving infusions in the hospital.
Killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO prompts flurry of stories on social media over denied insurance claims
The early morning killing of a top health insurance executive in midtown Manhattan Wednesday has unleashed a flurry of rage and frustration from social media users over denials of their medical claims, a public display of Americans’ pent-up anger at the nation’s complex health insurance industry.
7.4 million Americans could gain Medicare or Medicaid coverage for anti-obesity drugs under Biden proposal
Millions more senior citizens and lower-income Americans could obtain coverage for costly anti-obesity drugs under a proposal being unveiled Tuesday by the Biden administration.
