which determine whether tens of millions of Americans are eligible for health programs such as Medicaid , food assistance, child care, and other services, former staff said.The
"Over time, bureaucracies like HHS become wasteful and inefficient even when most of their staff are dedicated and competent civil servants," Kennedy added. "This overhaul will be a win-win for taxpayers and for those that HHS serves. Thats the entire American public, because our goal is to ...
April 8, 2025 Politics Mass layoffs hit HHS researchers, scientists, doctors, support staff and leaders in RFK Jr. overhaul: ‘The revolution begins today!’ BYCarla K. JohnsonandThe Associated Press April 2, 2025 Health 10,000 federal health workers are getting laid off, with many discovering...
The NIH was initially supposed to lose about 1,200 scientists, support staff and other officials as a result of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s restructuring. It is unclear how many additional employees will be targeted for cuts.A spokesperson for the Department of ...
"Over time, bureaucracies like HHS become wasteful and inefficient even when most of their staff are dedicated and competent civil servants," Kennedy said. "This overhaul will be a win-win for taxpayers and for those that HHS serves. Thats the entire American public, because our goal is to ...
In a Thursday interview on Fox News, Kennedy was asked if half the HHS staff would be losing their jobs. “I don’t know anything about 50% of people being cut,” Kennedy said. “I would be surprised if there were 50% cuts.” ...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s health secretary, has hinted at plans at deep cuts to the staff. Last year, he promised to immediately clear out 600 employees at the NIH, the nation’s biomedical research arm. He has not gone that far, but in an interview last month shortly...
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Dr. Stella Dantas, president of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, said in a statement that the the “work and expertise of HHS staff are critical to the well-being of our entire population—and to physicians’ ability to provide care to patients.” The cuts were “alarm...