Government watchdog says HHS at ‘high risk’ of bungling public health crises

Politico January 27, 2022
Sarah Owermohle

The deficiencies include failures to outline roles and responsibilities for other entities involved in a response.

The Health and Human Services Department has failed to fix long-standing problems in its pandemic response, putting its ability to respond to future emergencies in jeopardy, the Government Accountability Office said in a report Thursday.

The watchdog agency included HHS on its “High Risk List” of federal departments and programs susceptible to mismanagement and abuse without significant changes, such as drug and medical product oversight. Three dozen agencies and federal programs are currently on the list.

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