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JEREMY PORTNOY: It’s Time To Downsize The DEI Headcount At HHS

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24.11.2024

Under President Joe Biden, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has created a “diversity, equity and inclusion” (DEI) infrastructure of dizzying complexity.

The agency’s 2025 budget request contains the word “equity” 829 times, adding onto a dollar total that is already impossible to fully tabulate.

HHS employed at least 294 DEI staffers at a cost of $38.7 million last year, according to a new report from OpenTheBooks. There were 247 with salaries above $100,000.

It can be difficult to grasp just how bureaucratic HHS’ DEI system truly is. The agency-wide “Office of EEO, Diversity & Inclusion” has 92 employees. Within that are seven more DEI offices for specific health agencies like the Food and Drug Administration. (RELATED: Biden’s Health Department Looks To Push Equity Requirements On Transplant Lists)

Some of the smaller offices have several more........

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