Gregg Margolis: Seismic Changes Shaping the Nation’s Health – Must-Read Articles This Week
Gregg Margolis, Director of Health Policy Fellowships and Leadership Programs at the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), shared a post on LinkedIn:
“We are experiencing a dizzying pace of seismic changes that will have profound impact on the Nation’s health. If you can only read three articles this week, I suggest the ones below. You can use the link below for a deeper dive to more fully understand the profound implications of recent developments.
The Washington Post
Widespread Layoffs, Purge Of Leadership Underway At U.S. Health Agencies Senior leaders across the Department of Health and Human Services were put on leave and countless other employees lost their jobs Tuesday as the Trump administration began a sweeping purge of the agencies that oversee government health programs. Top officials at the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Food and Drug Administration were put on administrative leave or offered reassignment to the Indian Health Service. Other employees began receiving layoff notices or learned they had lost their jobs when their entry badges no longer worked Tuesday morning. (Johnson, Roubein, Achenbach, Sun and Weber, 4/1)
Stat
Senate Confirms Oz To Run Medicare And Medicaid In a party-line vote of 53-45, the Senate on Thursday confirmed Mehmet Oz to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Oz’s confirmation was expected; he is not as controversial as Health and Human Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. or some other Trump picks to run health agencies within the HHS. (Wilkerson, 4/3)
CBS News
Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks $11 Billion In Trump Administration’s Cuts To Public Health Funding A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s move to cut over $11 billion in public health funding to states after 23 states and the District of Columbia sued to keep the funding intact. The coalition of states sued the Health and Human Services Department and Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., arguing that the money is used for many “urgent public health needs,” including tracking diseases, funding access to vaccines and mental health and addiction services, and improving health infrastructures. (Rosen and Tin, 4/3).
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