UnitedHealth Group has started offering buyouts to a number of workers and layoffs might eventually be coming, depending on how many people opt for voluntary separations. The Eden Prairie-based health care giant did not say how many buyouts it’s targeting as part of what the company is calling a “voluntary resignation separation program,

EDEN PRAIRIE, MINN. – UnitedHealth Group is starting to offer buyouts to several workers with an expectation of layoffs. The Eden Prairie-based healthcare giant calls the action a voluntary resignation separation program. For those who take the buyout, additional severance would be included based on their tenure with UnitedHealth Group.