STAT+: Key GOP senators push back on Trump’s plan to cut NIH, reorganize HHS
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- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. proposes a 2027 fiscal budget that would cut the Department of Health and Human Services by 12%.
- National Institutes of Health faces deep cuts and the elimination of a health research agency under the plan.
- Administration for a Healthy America would be created to focus on chronic diseases, replacing the eliminated agency.
- Four GOP doctors are slated to appear at the Senate hearing, questioning the budget proposal.
- Senate appropriations health subcommittee members from both parties expressed skepticism about the 12% cut and NIH elimination.
Why it matters: Research institutions lose a 12% budget cut and possible NIH elimination, while the White House gains a new Administration for a Healthy America; the shift will stall chronic‑disease studies and delay new treatments.
