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Who needs health and human services anyway?
The Trump administration announced 20,000 layoffs at the US Department of Health and Human Services, part of a drastic restructuring of the agency that includes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and that oversees Medicare and Medicaid.
More cuts — ranging from 8 to 50 percent of staff across 22 federal agencies — could be on the way, according to an internal White House planning document obtained by the Washington Post.