The Ministry of Health and Humanitarian Services announced a dramatic transformation of the agency on Thursday, that the Minister of Public Services, Robert F. Kennedy, the son, said that she would expand the operations by integrating 28 divisions in 15 and lowering regional offices from 10 to five.
“Manpower discounts and restructuring” will serve multiple targets without affecting critical services, “according to HHS, with the shift designed” to make America healthy again “with a saving of about $ 1.8 billion annually.
Why do it matter
According to HHS factsThe US Food and Drug Administration will witness the most cuts of about 10,000 workers’ demobilization operations.
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The FDA (FDA) will reduce its workforce by about 3,500 full -time employees, “with a focus on simplifying operations and the centralization of administrative jobs,” according to HHS, which confirms that the reduction “will not affect medicines, medical devices or food auditors, and will not affect the inspectors.”
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Disease control and prevention centers will exclude about 2,400 employees, “with a focus on returning to their basic mission of preparing, responding to epidemics and outbreaks.”
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The National Health Institutes will reduce their power of about 1,200 feet, through “the centralization of purchases, human resources and communications through its 27 institutes and centers”, according to HHS.
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Meanwhile, CMS will witness that its working power is about 300 employees, with “focusing on reducing slight duality throughout the agency.” HHS says that reorganization “will not affect” provide Medicare and Medicaid services.
“When you are associated with other HHS efforts, including early retirement and fork on the road, restructuring leads to a reduction in size from 82,000 to 62,000 full -time employees,” according to HHS.
As part of the HHS changes, a new management of America will focus and will focus basic jobs, including human resources, information technology, purchases and foreign affairs. statement.
The new AHA department includes the office of the Minister of the Assistant for the Health and Health Resources and Services Department, the Department of Narcotics and Mental Health Services, the Agency for toxic substances and the registration of diseases and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
Strategic alert management and response will be absorbed by the Center for Disease Control, while HHS will integrate the assistant secretary for planning and evaluation with the Health Care and Quality Research Agency and create the new strategy office to direct federal health programs.
The country’s Supreme Health Agency also said that the restructuring is making the agency more responsive, efficient and ensuring Medicare, Medicaid and other basic health services remain intact.
Over time, agencies like HHS became “a waste and ineffective”, although “most of its employees are dedicated and specialized civil employees,” Kennedy said in announcing the changes. “This section will do more – much more – at a lower cost to the taxpayer.”
Critical programs will be reorganized, including children and families management, the above mentioned and Medicare and Medicaid Service Centers under Community Life Management.
We have contacted HHS to ask them specifically about any employment changes or operations, and the Secretary of Technology Policy/National Health Coordinator Office, and we will update this story if there is a response.
The biggest direction
Last month, HHS launched thousands of employees all over the agency, which was the second largest traditional country behind the Ministry of Defense.
Officials at the Ministry of National Health at the Ministry of Health expected most of the employees of about 5,200 testing employees. Displacement operations at Medicare, Medicaid and FDA service centers also reported that workers were demobilized in the first few weeks of the Trump administration.
HHS workers’ demobilization was A temporary federal judge is unlike On March 13, the lawsuit, which was submitted by a group of state lawyers, returned all test staff in all federal departments, but many federal employees were placed on administrative leave in response.
In addition to taking early retirement, many federal employees, including HHS employees, have been presented, “a thorn in the road program”, which is promised to pay and the benefits in exchange for leaving their jobs voluntarily if they are postponed to resign until September.
Overall, Kennedy’s new HHS priority is “Ending an American epidemic of chronic disease by focusing on safe and healthy food, clean water and eliminating environmental toxins,” the agency said.
However, this could be at odds with the priorities of the Trump administration – such as stopping Boundary On individual and polyotorogen materials, known as PFAS, in a larger organizational freezing- and Supreme Court changes How a trimmer The Environmental Protection Agency is implementing the clean water law.
In the record
“We are not just transferring the bureaucratic extension,” Kennedy said in a statement. “We reorganize the organization with its basic task and our new priorities, unlike the chronic disease epidemic.
He added: “This reform will be comprehensive for the passage of taxpayers and for those who serve HHS.” “This is the entire American audience, because our goal is to make America healthy again.”
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