3mo ago

RFK Jr. says 20% of health agency layoffs could be mistakes

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. acknowledged that up to 20% of the 10,000 layoffs at the Department of Health and Human Services may have been mistakes and will require reinstatements.

The cuts, part of a DOGE-led restructuring with Elon Musk, eliminated key programs, including the CDC’s Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch, stalling public health responses.

FDA officials confirmed some staff have already been asked to return temporarily, including teams handling drug and food inspections.

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3mo ago

RFK Jr. says 20% of health agency layoffs could be mistakes

www.cbsnews.com /news/rfk-jr-hhs-job-cuts-doge-mistakes/

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3mo ago

RFK Jr. says 20% of health agency layoffs could be mistakes

www.cbsnews.com /news/rfk-jr-hhs-job-cuts-doge-mistakes/

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American health care: where the new standard of excellence is 80% correct limb amputation
- On the plus side, I had the choice between my kid's prescription this month! It was a decision between paying $600 now, or waiting until June for the generic for only $150.
  I think we can all agree that the systems here are fucked, but why did we have to blow up every-fucking-thing else up?
  We can't even go refugee because we're god-damned pariahs.
  
  and the generic will be more like $250 because it was manufactured overseas.
  
  a decision between paying $600 now, or waiting until June for the generic for only $150.
  God-fucking-dammit this is all so wrong. My empathy.
  We can’t even go refugee because we’re god-damned pariahs.
  What? No, that's not true.
Just yesterday I heard testimony from federal workers: they got fired (possibly illegally). They barely had enough time to let the anger subside, put up their feet and crack a beer, when they got another email from their former employer: the firing was a procedural error. You're still working for us. Come back monday morning or else.
edit: could've been mail, not e
- Or else what? They are still fired? Strange way to manage anything
  
  I'm sorry I don't remember the exact phrasing. There was some sort of threat, based on the claim that they weren't actually really fired.
  edit: This was reported by the (ex-?)employees themselves, with the original text of that message.
- Unbelievable.
- Don't you get locked out of your email when fired especially government ones? What happened to the people that were unable to check their employee email or just didn't check it since they were fired?
- Eating > pride.
  They'll go back until they find another job.
Yeah, we knew that BEFORE you did it, but you did it anyway because thats the MAGA way - blow it all up first, then realize that was stupid, and work 1000x harder to put it back together.
Gosh, it's almost like the idiots working for the convicted felon don't know what the fuck they are doing.
Sounds like an excuse to replace 20% of the workforce with nepo babies
@MicroWave
20% of the layoffs seems low, especially considering 100% of the executive hires are terrible, awful, intentional "mistakes."
Ah, republicans. Where "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" doesn't apply because their brains are broken so they can't tell that everything around them isn't broken
Really... Why couldn't the curse have gotten this Kennedy?
- It still might, I could definitely see someone shooting him for the joke alone let alone him pissing folks off.
- Quick, someone invite him skiing or on a small aircraft!
Lets gooo! United Healtcare denying US patients of their scheduled bloodletting and leeches!
Remember to go meet a Republican specifically when you're really sick and contagious. It's not a problem for them because they get enough vitamin A.
Oh really, wormboi? Tell me what else you think is a mistake. 🙄
This timeline is so fucking stupid
I'm living for these dopey ass photos they keep choosing for these idiots lmao
Somebody get that asshole a lozenge ffs
The only mistake was the brain worm not killing him. You think the statement of having brain worms would make him unable or undesirable to hold any type of office.
A bit late for that.

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