Becker's Healthcare June 21, 2018
The White House has released its 132-page plan to restructure several federal agencies and impose work requirements on government assistance programs.
The plan is the result of a March 2017 executive order that asked the Office of Management and Budget to explore ways of making the government “lean, accountable and more efficient,” according to NPR. Officials said it includes 34 examples of consolidation, according to CNN.
Here are nine things to know about the Office of Management and Budget plan released June 21:
1. Officials proposed moving noncommodity nutrition assistance programs — including the SNAP food stamps program — from the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service to HHS, which it would rename the Department of Health and Public...