DHHS Will Lay Off 10,000 Workers In Restructuring Plan

3 weeks ago In a major overhaul, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will lay off 10,000 workers and shut down entire agencies, including ones that oversee billions of dollars in funds for addiction services and community health centers across the country. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. criticized the department he oversees as an inefficient sprawling bureaucracy in a video announcing the restructuring Thursday. Kennedy faulted the department’s 82,000 workers for a decline in Americans’ health. The department will downsize to 62,000 positions. It will lose 10,000 jobs through layoffs and another 10,000 via workers who took early retirement and voluntary separation offers encouraged by President Donald Trump's administration.