Mass layoffs have begun in the US as part of Kennedy Jr.'s planned restructuring of the healthcare industry
Kyiv • UNN
Layoffs will begin in American healthcare institutions as part of the reorganization. Up to 10,000 people are expected to be laid off due to the ministry's reform.
According to the plans of Health Minister Robert F., the process of merging agencies related to a number of areas, including security, drug and food inspection, tracking disease outbreaks, and health insurance, has started in the field of healthcare in the United States.
UNN reports with reference to the Associated Press.
Reductions have begun in American healthcare institutions responsible for tracking diseases, research and regulation of food products as part of a reorganization that is expected to eventually lead to the dismissal of up to 10,000 people.
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Last week, Health Minister Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a plan to reform the ministry, which through its agencies is responsible for such links as:
- tracking trends in healthcare and disease outbreaks;
- conducting and funding medical research;
- monitoring the safety of food and drugs;
- administering health insurance programs.
The plan envisages the merger of agencies that control billions of dollars allocated to drug treatment services and public health centers as part of a new office called the "Administration for a Healthy America".
The layoffs are expected to reduce HHS to 62,000 positions, resulting in a reduction of nearly a quarter of the staff - 10,000 jobs through layoffs. There is also talk of cutting 10,000 employees who have accepted offers of early retirement and voluntary redundancy.
It should be noted that previously President Donald Trump supported the decision to deprive employees of the Ministry of Health of the right to collective bargaining.
In addition to layoffs in federal health agencies, cuts have begun in state and local health departments.
Local and state health officials are still assessing the impact. Some health departments have already identified hundreds of jobs that may be eliminated.
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