The House Appropriations Committee has released a new budget proposal that would reduce the Department of Health and Human Services’ budget by six percent in the coming year.
Overall, the proposal calls for reducing HHS’s discretionary budget by $13.7 billion. Much of that cut would come from a proposed reduction of 19 percent in the budget of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The proposed budget also calls for $100 million for Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) funding; the elimination of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; and maintaining funding for Head Start at its current $12.3 billion.
The proposal is the product of the committee’s Republican majority and will undoubtedly be the subject of discussion and debate as the September 30 deadline for passing an FY 2026 budget approaches.
Learn more about how the House Appropriations Committee envisions spending federal health care money in FY 2026 from this House Appropriations Committee summary and the Fierce Healthcare article “House Republicans propose 6% budget cut to HHS for 2026 fiscal year.”