“[T]hrowing more money at health care isn’t going to solve the problem – or it would’ve solved it already,“ Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert Kennedy, Jr. says in a video explaining the need to streamline HHS in accordance with Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) goals.

In the video, Sec. Kennedy says he’s discovered a paradox at HHS – its budget and staff increased during the past four years of the Biden Administration, but Americans’ health has deteriorated:

“We have the sickest nation in the world and we have the highest rate of chronic disease,” the HHS secretary says.

“As secretary, I now understand why all this money is not improving our health, Kennedy explains:

“HHS is a sprawling bureaucracy that encompasses literally hundreds of departments, committees and other offices.”

“I have some good news, though: as part of President Trump’s DOGE workforce reduction initiative, we’re going to streamline HHS and make our agency more efficient and more effective,” Sec. Kennedy says, detailing his department’s plans to cut costs, reduce duplication and increase efficiency.