The White House and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (I) are Shaking-Up the Health Department’s Leadership Team Ahead of the Midterms, pushing out several Deputies, while Elevating Others in Hopes of Stabilizing an Agency, Rattled by Internal Fights and controversial messages, according to more than half a dozen people familiar with the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe personnel matters. Jim O’Neill (R), who had served as the Deputy Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHS) and Acting Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), will leave both Positions.
Meanwhile, Chris Klomp, who Oversees the Medicare Program, will serve as HHS’s New Chief Counselor and Run the department’s Day-to-Day Operations, the Agency announced Thursday. Several other Aides were also Elevated to New Senior positions, including John Brooks, a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services official. O’Neill will be Offered an Ambassador Position.
The Shake-Ups come as Kennedy has Publicly Refocused His Messaging as the Midterms approach on more Popular Issues such as Healthy Food, instead of the Controversial Vaccine Agenda that has Propelled much of His First Year. Jim O’Neill, who had Served as the Deputy Secretary of DHS and Acting Director of the CDC, will Leave both Positions.
They Accused Kennedy of “weaponizing public health for political gain” and “putting millions of American lives at risk” by Purging Health Officials from Government.
O’Neill had often Criticized the CDC during the Coronavirus Pandemic, saying on Social Media that the Agency Poorly Communicated with the Public, Botched Data Collection and had too much Influence.
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