investigating diseases and making sure Medicare and Medicaid are administered to beneficiaries. (Our article on Medicare and Medicaid employees offered new buyouts looks at this further).

A majority of the 80,000 federal employees responsible for researching diseases, inspecting food and administering Medicare ...

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But it must be weaned from its dependence on private equity. Buyout firms were the prime beneficiary of the prolonged period of easy money that followed the global financial crisis of 2008.

The buyout offers come after a tumultuous last ... but it has tried to cut costs as medical expenses increase for Medicare Advantage beneficiaries and it deals with the fallout from the costly ...