Posted on 03/27/2025 3:48:18 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is reportedly planning to reduce the department’s workforce by 10,000 positions. The National Pulse reported in mid-February that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was poised to cut 5,000 jobs. However, that number has now appeared to have doubled as Sec. Kennedy and staff with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have identified further redundancies.
The reductions are expected to impact several key agencies, including the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). These cuts will follow the exit of another 10,000 employees who recently left their roles through President Donald J. Trump’s federal employee buyout program.
“We are realigning the organization with its core mission and our new priorities in reversing the chronic disease epidemic,” Sec. Kennedy said in a statement. An announcement regarding the job reductions is anticipated on Thursday.
The total number of full-time HHS employees will be reduced from 82,000 to 62,000. Additionally, the department’s 28 divisions will be consolidated into 15, and the number of regional HHS offices will also be reduced by around half.
Meanwhile, HHS is also rolling back COVID-19 pandemic-era funding programs totaling an estimated $11.4 billion—with most of the money designated for state and local health departments. The funds were originally designated for testing, vaccination, and initiatives addressing health disparities in high-risk communities. The department contends the pandemic has concluded and criticized further spending as unnecessary. Termination notices began being sent out on Monday, and the CDC plans to reclaim the funds in about a month.
Excellent!
the following is from RFK, Jr’s Telegram account.
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MASS TERMINATIONS at HSS, the Creation of AHA, the Administration for a Healthy America — 28 Divisions will become 15 🙌
• the rate of chronic disease and cancer has increased dramatically as HHS has Grown
—— our life-spans have dropped and Americans now live six years shorter than Europeans.
• the US ranks last in health outcomes, but we spend two to three times more per capita than those nations.
• when I arrived at HHS I found out more than HALF of our employees don’t come to work
—— some of these subgroups hoard and sell our patient medical data for profit.
• some HHS divisions are neglecting public health altogether
—— one case for example, these bureaucrats impeded the Secretaries office from accessing databases that would reveal the dangers of certain drugs.
• The FDA, CDC, and other health agencies will be downsized from 82,000 to around 62,000
—— 28 Divisions will become
15
Join: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ✅️
Surely a tin-horn fascist judge won’t allow such actions.
That is appalling!
Can he do 100,000?
Yes. There is most definitely a healthcare crisis in this country. Our medical system is broken.
I’m hoping congress will find an effective way to deal with these petty robed tyrants.
Our personal responsibility level is also broken. The number of obese adults and even children is completely out of control. I’ve thought for a long time that no healthcare system in the world can possibly provide all of the care needed for the number of people in the USA with type two diabetes, a disease that affects every blood vessel and nerve in the body.
And the crisis is precisely BECAUSE of how our healthcare system has been (mis)managed.
And the crisis is precisely BECAUSE of how our healthcare system has been (mis)managed.
Agree. The overall dynamic in this country seems to the following:
1. Keep people stupid and dependant via poor education.
2. Make people unhealthy via poor food.
3. Big Pharma, the medical system and the insurance system
make trillions based on 1 and 2 above.
Personal integrity is more important than party affiliation.
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