·Pulse issue · June 28, 2026

As the Supreme Court's expanded deportation power is warned to steepen the population decline that drives the care shortage, a fraud crackdown freezes the agencies left standing and a new report shows the cost settling onto women's retirements.

The Supreme Court's deportation ruling is warned to deepen a population decline that hollows the care workforce, as the fraud crackdown's biggest cases land beside its collateral damage and a WEF report prices the cost onto women's retirements.

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What to watch next

How much of the projected U.S. population decline traces to removing working-age legal residents, and who replaces them in care jobs?
Can a fraud crackdown reach predators without freezing the legitimate agencies disabled Americans depend on?
What does a five-year caregiving break actually cost a woman's retirement?
Who is exempt from the new Medicaid work requirement, and who falls through the twice-yearly reporting?

Briefs in this issue

Brief

The Deportations Hitting Care Are Also Shrinking the Country

NPR reports experts warn the Supreme Court's expanded deportation power steepens a U.S. population decline, removing the working-age adults care depends on.

WorkforcePolicyElder CareChild CareDisability

Analysis

Inside the Fraud Crackdown: a Ferrari and an Unlicensed Home

The DOJ takedown's newest cases: a $906 million hospice scheme spent on a Ferrari, and a Florida network of unlicensed homes that seized residents' benefits.

PolicyWorkforceDisabilityChild CareElder Care

Brief

The Five-Year Break That Erases 41% of a Retirement

A WEF and Marsh report across 21 countries finds a caregiving break plus the gender wage gap can wipe out 41% of a woman's retirement savings.

CultureResearchElder CareGeneral

Brief

The 80-Hour Rule That Could Drop 5.2 Million From Medicaid

CMS finalized a nationwide Medicaid work condition for January 2027; the CBO estimates 5.2 million fewer adults will renew coverage.

PolicyElder CareDisabilityChild Care

Analysis

What Americans Fear More Than the Cost of Old Age

A Nationwide survey finds people dread having no advocate in long-term care more than affording it, even as the belief that the system replaces family fails.

CulturePolicyElder CareGeneral

Reference paths

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