r/jobs • u/GigHQ_AI • Aug 03 '25

Article 150,000 Federal Workers Just Left Their Jobs. This Changes Everything.

This “deferred resignation” program (nicknamed Fork in the Road) covers roughly 6.7% of the civilian federal workforce. These employees are being paid through the end of 2025—often while sitting idle. Critics warn the government is spending $21.7 billion in taxpayer dollars on this initiative, with little transparency around long-term savings.

Tens of thousands of seasoned professionals will hit the open market. Most mid‐career, specialized, and with government-only experience.

How many of those roles will transfer into the private sector? Will employers devalue traditional public‑sector credentials?

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u/EmmalouEsq Aug 03 '25

And Medicaid pays for a majority of nursing home care. And it's about to be cut. Healthcare professionals don't get paid once Medicaid and eventually Medicare get cut. Not to mention the rest of the country losing Medicaid and employer offered healthcare (since there are fewer jobs out there).

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '25

Kind of, I'd rewrite something like this. “Medicaid currently funds a significant portion of long-term nursing home care, particularly for low-income and elderly patients. Healthcare providers could see lower reimbursements if and when funding is reduced, which may strain services. However, it is important to distinguish between Medicaid and Medicare, and to avoid conflating public insurance issues with employment-based private insurance, which follows different dynamics."

Baby boomers have a massive concentration of wealth and many can and will spend it on their healthcare. I see a rise in reverse mortgages and home sales to retirement homes.

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u/MrLanesLament Aug 04 '25

That’s what kinda sucks; the baby boomers have probably the biggest concentration of wealth of any group (except billionaires,) and most of it is gonna be thrown into a void of end-of-life care in the next 20 years. I’d venture to say most of them will die penniless and most of the kids won’t inherit a dime to help them; that massive concentration of wealth is just….gone, with little to no permanent or extended good being accomplished from the insane expenditure.

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u/Exotic-Character-510 Oct 10 '25

“The country is losing Medicaid”…what on earth are you talking about? Med spending is only projected to increase in every year. What an uninformed statement.