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Launch the displaced-worker program

Month 6 onward; benefits through Year 6 · Department of Labor; state workforce boardsDiscuss this step
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Jobs: Revenue-cycle management & claims clearinghouse companies

Outsourced billing, clearinghouses (e.g., Change Healthcare, Waystar), and denial-management vendors lose most of their business. A single claim format needs far less intermediation.

Result
−$4.5B
Per resident, per year
−$13
÷ 341.1M people
Per household
−$34
÷ 132.2M households

How it's calculated

#StepArithmeticValue
1
Employed today
120,000
2
Share displaced
60%
3
Jobs displaced
120,000 × 60%72,000
4
Average annual wage
$62,000
5
Annual wages lost (before reemployment and transition support)
72,000 × $62,000−$4.5B
Trade-off: Accepted under the plan's ground rules; cushioned by the worker transition program and hiring preference at UHA.