I’m old enough to remember a time when the federal government, by way of the Department of Health and Human Services, worked hard to keep as many Americans alive for as long as possible.

But that was way back in … 2024.

The plan now seems to involve thinning the herd.

Donald Trump and the conspiracy-spreading anti-vaxxer running HHS, Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., are working to eliminate 20,000 jobs from the department. Roughly 25%. And they are blindly eliminating all manner of health-related programs.

In Arizona, for example, officials were told that $190 million in grants to more than 200 organizations have been terminated. The move will impact all of Arizona’s 15 county health departments, several tribal health departments and university partners, and........

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