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Opinion: Former HHS Secretary Donna Shalala on the agency’s ‘silly new bureaucracy’
Former HHS Secretary Donna Shalala writes that RFK Jr.’s reorganization is “silly” and “confusing,” and puts Americans’ health at risk.
When I was secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services under President Bill Clinton, an agency head came to me with a dramatic reorganization plan.
I advised him that unless it was data- and outcome-driven, he was wasting his time. Just as important, the reorganization would unsettle and confuse his new colleagues. As a result, his legacy would be a new structure rather than improving people’s lives.
