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Education Department caps graduate student loans, hitting health workforce
The agency kept a contested definition of “professional” student that excludes fields like graduate nursing and physical therapy from higher loan caps. Healthcare groups say the regulation could worsen workforce shortages.
Nebraska rolls out Medicaid work requirements, putting tens of thousands at risk of coverage losses
The Cornhusker State is the first to roll out work requirements under the GOP’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” well in advance of the law’s 2027 deadline. Between 20,000 and 40,000 people are expected to lose Medicaid as a result.
Cost management, outpatient unit helped Tenet weather volume headwinds in Q1
Executives said Tenet’s focus on managing expenses and growing high-acuity service lines helped it withstand poor volumes that battered some of its peers in the first quarter.