Chief Healthcare Executive March 28, 2025
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services is reducing its workforce by 20,000 and merging divisions. Health leaders and some lawmakers say the moves will hurt public health and safety.
Critics are assailing the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services for its plans to cut thousands of jobs and restructure the organization.
U.S. Health & Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the department’s workforce is slated to drop 20,000 workers. The department said Thursday it is laying off 10,000 full-time workers, and another 10,000 have taken buyouts or early retirements. The department’s workforce will shrink from 82,000 to 62,000, or nearly a quarter of its staff.
The health department is also merging many existing divisions and...
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