OMB drafts proposal to cut $35 billion in HHS funding

Published April 17, 2025 3:19pm ET



A preliminary budget document would reportedly cut the Department of Health and Human Services‘s discretionary spending by roughly $40 billion next year.

The 64-page budget request draft from the Office of Management and Budget would reduce the agency’s spending by a third to $80 billion for fiscal 2026 and reorganize much of HHS, according to a report on the preliminary document by the Washington Post.

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