Axios - Federal health agencies under Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would furlough more than 40% of their remaining workforce in a government shutdown, according to a contingency plan.
Some 32,460 government health workers would be without work at least temporarily under the plan and could lose their jobs if Trump follows through on threats to fire those deemed nonessential in a funding lapse.
- The furloughs or firings would come on top of sweeping cuts that pushed out thousands of scientists and health workers earlier this year.
HHS says a shutdown would hinder critical communication with the public and contractors and affect some basic agency functions.
- "CDC communication to the American public about health-related information will be hampered, CMS will be unable to provide oversight to major contractors, and NIH will not have the ability to admit new patients to the Clinical Center, except for whom it is medically necessary," the agency wrote in the contingency plan notice.
Furlough rates would vary significantly among subagencies.
- 86% of FDA staffers would continue working if appropriations lapse.
- 53% of CMS staff would stay on during a shutdown, while 24.5% of NIH and 36% of CDC would remain. Share this
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