In a significant overhaul, the Trump administration intends to eliminate 10,000 health department jobs: Report

10,000 full-time employees in departments in charge of responding to disease outbreaks, authorizing new drugs, and offering insurance to the most impoverished Americans will be let go as part of the adjustments.

According to The Wall Street Journal, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of health and human services for the United States, plans to cut staff at his agency in order to reorganize the country's health agencies and shut down regional offices.

Kennedy is expected to make the announcement later today, the story states. 10,000 full-time employees in departments in charge of responding to disease outbreaks, authorizing new drugs, and offering insurance to the most impoverished Americans will be let go as part of the adjustments. 10,000 full-time employees in departments in charge of responding to disease outbreaks, authorizing new drugs, and offering insurance to the most impoverished Americans will be let go as part of the adjustments.

According to The Wall Street Journal, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of health and human services for the United States, plans to cut staff at his agency in order to reorganize the country's health agencies and shut down regional offices.

Kennedy is expected to make the announcement later today, the story states. 10,000 full-time employees in departments in charge of responding to disease outbreaks, authorizing new drugs, and offering insurance to the most impoverished Americans will be let go as part of the adjustments.