Trump’s administration is planning major cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services, which handles healthcare, public health, social services, and medical research. This includes cutting funding for the National Institutes of Health, which supports important medical research. Trump has also canceled policies that helped lower drug costs for people on Medicaid and Medicare. […]
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Recent Trump policies have scared many immigrant workers, including those in healthcare. As a result, some aren’t showing up to work, adding more pressure to the care industry, which is already struggling to keep up as the population gets older.
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Trump and Congressional Republicans are pushing for an $880 billion cut to Medicaid, which provides healthcare to 72 million Americans. House Republicans have already passed a budget resolution that would reduce Medicaid funding. These cuts will have a significant impact on Americans who rely on Medicaid for healthcare access.
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Job growth is also in danger because the Trump administration is cutting money for key laws passed under President Biden, like the Inflation Reduction Act. Without that funding, people are losing jobs, and workers are losing important services and protections..
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The situation is getting worse as Trump’s administration plans to fire about 222,000 federal workers. Many have already been laid off or forced into early retirement. The cuts are also affecting private companies that rely on government contracts and nonprofit workers who are losing their jobs or being because government funding is frozen. All of […]
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Since Trump became president, the job market in both public and private sectors has weakened. By February 2025, 460,000 people had to work part-time or had their hours cut, which is a big increase. At the same time, job growth in the private sector unexpectedly slowed. A measure of worker power, which looks at the […]