Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has unveiled a sweeping plan to reduce the size of the department, eliminating approximately 10,000 full-time employees and closing five of its ten regional offices. This move follows the voluntary departure of another 10,000 employees since President Trump took office, bringing the department’s workforce down to 62,000 federal health workers—a 25% reduction., reports the Wall Street Journal.
Kennedy announced the restructuring plan in a video posted on X, stating, “We’re going to eliminate an entire alphabet soup of departments and agencies while preserving their core function.” A key aspect of the reorganization is centralizing communications, procurement, human resources, information technology, and policy planning, which are currently spread across various divisions.
This reorganization will significantly alter
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