"The cost of healthcare services don't rise like regular inflation. It's about twice the rate of inflation," said Thiago Glieger.
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Resident Eleanor Garrison, left, talks with director of nursing Cheri Place-Chafin in her room Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, at Arbor Springs Health and Rehabilitation Center in Opelika, Ala. Coronavirus cases have dropped at U.S. nursing homes and other long-term care centers over the past few weeks, offering a glimmer of hope that studies and health officials link to various factors, including the start of vaccinations, the easing of a post-holiday virus surge and better prevention. (AP Photo/Julie Bennett)
"In law enforcement, typically you've got to retire by the time you're 57. And sometimes that's hard because they really love that career," said Tammy Flanagan.
"It was a psychological hit, but it also was compounded by moral injury, by this sense of one's deeply held moral code being violated," said Jamie Oberlander.
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Former United States Agency for International Development (USAID) workers show their support to USAID workers retrieving their personal belongings from USAID's headquarters in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
During 2025, agencies used administrative leave to implement the deferred resignation program.
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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 03: The Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building headquarters of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management is seen on February 03, 2025 in Washington, DC. Elon Musk, tech billionaire and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and his aids have been given access to federal employee personal data and have allegedly locked out career civil servants from the OPM computer systems. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)