The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on Thursday a “drastic restructuring” that will result in the suppression of 10,000 jobs.
Meanwhile, these personnel cuts are added to the approximately 10,000 employees who voluntarily chose to leave the department since President Donald Trump assumed the position.
According to HHS, this restructuring “will save taxpayers 1.8 billion dollars.”
Voluntary workers’ exits and the new restructuring plan implies the elimination of approximately a quarter of the department’s workforce, a total personnel reduction from 82,000 to 62,000 full -time employees.
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According to The Wall Street Journal, which had access to internal documents, 3,500 employees of the Food and Medicines Administration (FDA) will be fired, which represents approximately 19% of the staff of that agency, as well as 2,400 employees of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which in their case represent 18%.
1,200 employees of the National Health Institutes (NIH), or 6% of their workforce and 300 employees of the Medicare and Medicaid Service Centers (CDS), 4% of their workforce will also be cut.
The changes also imply that regional offices will be reduced from 10 to 5.
With EFE information.
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