Chief Healthcare Executive April 2, 2025
The Health & Human Services Department began terminating 10,000 workers Tuesday. Public health leaders say the cuts undermine efforts to protect the health and safety of Americans.
When Health & Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced his plans to lay off 10,000 workers last week, he said that the department was getting rid of bureaucrats and would keep the personnel who had direct work in health and safety.
Public health leaders say that’s not how the health department’s staff cuts are playing out.
Days after Kennedy announced the layoffs, thousands of health workers found out they lost their jobs Tuesday.
Public health leaders condemned the cuts to the health department and said the layoffs are damaging programs that...
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