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"As employees cling to their jobs for security, retention alone can give employers a false sense of stability, even as wellbeing, engagement and productivity quietly erode," said Todd Katz, head of U.S. Group Benefits at MetLife.

According to AHA officials, "key aspects of [Kernodle's] decision, including the court's rejection of the FTC's reliance on a study regarding hospital mergers, were based on arguments made in the AHA's amicus brief."

The Federal Jobs Guarantee Development Act, introduced last week by Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-N.J., would establish a pilot jobs guarantee program in up to 15 high-unemployment communities nationwide.

Hospitals, clinics, and home health services lead hiring, offsetting weaker gains in other industries.

More than a year after President Donald Trump made diversity, equity and inclusion efforts a prime target of his second administration, miring corporate DEI efforts in uncertainty, recent movement suggests clarity remains out of reach.

Despite nearly 8 in 10 currently being engaged in AI projects, only slightly more than half of hospitals feel operationally ready to implement them, the 2026 Healthcare AI Trends report from Guidehouse found.