Becker's Healthcare December 1, 2025
Jakob Emerson, Elizabeth Casolo

Payers are trimming their workforces and cutting jobs due to financial or operational challenges, along with contract losses.

Below are workforce reduction efforts or job eliminations that were announced or take effect in 2025. Insurance industry layoffs in 2024 are here.

Editor’s Note: This is not an exhaustive list. This webpage was updated Dec. 1 and will continue to be updated this year.

  1. Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield began offering “an early-out option to eligible employees,” according to a statement shared with Becker’s Dec. 1. The insurer did not confirm how many employees received the offer.
  2. MDwise, part of McLaren Health Care, is laying off 238 employees in January 2026 and will close its office in Indianapolis, according...

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