White House Proposes 12% Cut to Federal Health Agencies in 2027 Budget Request

WASHINGTON — The White House wants Congress to cut spending on the Department of Health and Human Services by more than 12%, according to its proposed 2027 federal budget, released Friday.  The budget is broadly similar to what the Trump administration proposed last year. That includes deep cuts to the National Institutes of Health, the elimination of a health research agency, and the creation of a new agency devoted to chronic diseases called the Administration for a Healthy America.  The president’s budget is as an agenda-setting document, offering a sense of what the administration hopes to focus on in the coming year.

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