White House proposes 12% HHS cut in 2027 budget
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- White House proposed cutting Department of Health and Human Services spending by more than 12% in its 2027 federal budget, released Friday
- Trump administration budget proposal mirrors its prior-year request, including deep cuts to the National Institutes of Health
- Administration for a Healthy America is a new agency the budget would create, focused on chronic diseases
- Health research agency would be eliminated under the proposal, part of a broader restructuring of HHS
- President's budget functions as an agenda-setting document expressing administration priorities, while Congress retains final authority over federal spending
Why it matters: The proposal would slash HHS by more than 12% and gut the NIH while reshuffling health agencies, but it largely replicates last year's request — and Congress, not the White House, controls the purse, meaning the cuts remain a negotiating position rather than enacted policy.
