US health officials at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have announced expected termination of positions of most of its 5,200 probationary employees as a part of billionaire Elon Musk’s task force efforts to curtail the federal government’s probationary workers. In total, 1,300 employees have been fired at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including 50 first-year officers.

The True Cost of Focusing on Cost Instead of Cost-Effectiveness
When payors consider only the cost of the medication and not the cost and risk to the patient, doctor, and healthcare system, the irony is


