Washington:
The Trump administration has planned to reduce the annual discretionary expenditure in the US Federal Health Department to almost or $ 40 billion, the Washington Post on Wednesday cited a draft budget document.
An preliminary financial plan that will still require approval by the Congress, the structure for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), comes to the government under mass cuts under Donald Trump and his top advisor, billionaire Elon Musk.
The proposed $ 40 billion for 2026 will fall deeply in $ 121 billion approved by Congress in 2024.
This “discretionary expenditure” is essentially abolished by hundreds of billions, especially on public health insurance programs Medicare and Medicade, which bring the total HHS budget for about $ 1.8 trillion.
In March, a massive restructuring was announced for HHS, killing a quarter of its employees.
Job cuts have also hit major agencies under the supervision of the department, including disease control and prevention (CDC) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for epidemic-fight centers that approve new drugs.
The proposed budget “calls not only for cuts, but also a major reshuffle and restructuring of health and human service agencies,” Washington Post has written.
Many branches of the National Institute of Health (NIH) Research Agency will be merged.
Set to achieve AX includes programs on chronic disease, projects to improve rural access to health care, and early education for children from low -income families.
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