DWD CEO Barb Clapp explains why healthcare continues to anchor the U.S. labor market even as AI and trade policy disrupt other sectors. The industry added roughly 700,000 jobs over the past year, offsetting broader employment weakness as the population rapidly ages. With demand for caregivers and nursing staff surging, healthcare remains one area where technology cannot replace human labor. Watch the interview below.
Op-Ed: Nurses Will Always Be Needed. But They Are Getting Harder to Find.
By CEO Barb Clapp in the Chicago Tribune
June 26, 2026