Disposable America: How a HHS Shakeup is Gutting Public Health

As health protections vanish, millions are left to wonder who the government believes is worth saving.

Quietly, and with alarming speed, the federal government is dismantling the systems meant to protect its most vulnerable. In just days, thousands of public health workers have been laid off. Key agencies—those that serve older adults, disabled people, low-income communities, and those battling addiction—are being consolidated or gutted outright. The Dep…