Politico March 27, 2025
The cuts would dismiss 10,000 workers across every agency.
Thousands of HHS employees will lose their jobs and the number of agencies will shrink in a massive plan by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to reshape the department and realign its priorities to tackle chronic diseases.
The overhaul, which will reduce the workforce by more than 20 percent or 10,000 workers, will affect all HHS agencies.
According to HHS, the department will be downsized from 82,000 workers to 62,000 and reduce its divisions from 28 to 15, with the creation of an office called the Administration for a Healthy America. Regional offices will also be cut in half. The last time HHS had that many employees was 2002.
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