White House floats 12.5% budget cut for HHS in FY2027, reiterates reorganization plan
fiercehealthcare - The requested budget cut is about half of what the administration asked, and was denied, last year. However, plans for reorganizing agencies under an Administration for a Healthy America persist, as do calls to eliminate various programs and centers the W…
AI Summary: The administration has floated a plan to cut HHS funding by roughly 12–12.5% in FY2027 while pursuing agency reorganization. The proposal targets discretionary programs including research funding, prompting scientific groups to urge Congress to reject the NIH reductions and warn of downstream impacts on biomedical research and patient care.
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