U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has announced major plans to restructure the agency and lay off a quarter of its workforce.
In a video statement on March 27, Kennedy announced “a new era of responsiveness and a new era of effectiveness” that would involve cutting its workforce down to 62,000 employees, ultimately saving taxpayers $1.8 billion (£1.38 billion) a year.
Health and Human Services (HHS) is the United States’ principal agency for overseeing the nation’s health, similar to the UK’s Department of Health and Social Care. It is comprised of 28 agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration….