US EditionTrump requests nearly $16 billion in cuts at HHS
The plan would cut NIH by more than $5 billion, eliminate three institutes and shift CDC programs into a new health agency.
- On Friday, the White House released its 2027 budget proposal, seeking a 12% cut to the National Institutes of Health and a 55% slash to the National Science Foundation as part of deep reductions to federal research spending.
- This request mirrors the administration's 2026 budget plan, which Congress largely rejected earlier this year, while prioritizing defense spending with a 44% increase to $1.5 trillion for fiscal year 2027.
- The proposal also bans federal agencies from funding "expensive subscriptions to academic journals and prohibitively high publishing costs" and seeks to eliminate the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities at the NIH.
- Representative Zoe Lofgren criticized the blueprint, stating it "will stymie American science and innovation," while the Association of American Universities urged Congress to reject these cuts and increase research investments.
- Negotiations will likely continue until the 2027 fiscal year begins on October 1, though Congress retains ultimate authority over federal spending, leaving the final budget outcome uncertain.
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Trump requests nearly $16 billion in cuts at HHS
The White House is proposing a 12.5 percent cut to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) budget, including $5 billion from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the creation of the Administration for a Healthy America (AHA) to consolidate costs.
Trump’s FY27 HHS budget proposal outlines cuts, operational changes
President Donald Trump’s healthcare budget proposal for FY27 emphasizes Making America Healthy Again (MAHA) priorities and slashes operational costs within HHS. At $111.1 billion, total HHS funding would decrease by $15.8 billion, or $12.5%, relative to FY26. When counting onetime recissions, the effective cut would be nearly $23 billion (from $112.3 billion in FY26 to $89.5 billion in FY27), or more than 20%. Amid widespread cutbacks, funding w…
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