Federal job cuts of 300,000 workers degrade public services for veterans and the elderly

Healthcare for veterans is degraded and service at the Social Security Administration is slower or nonexistent for the elderly and disabled who rely on those payments for income. These outcomes result from the removal of 300,000 federal workers from the government payroll during the first year of the Trump administration. The Department of Veterans Affairs lost more than 12,700 employees, the Department of Health and Human Services lost more than 14,400 workers, and the Social Security Administration lost more than 6,600 staff. The Environmental Protection Agency lost more than 4,000 employees. Federal prisons are overwhelmed by too many inmates and too few corrections officers. The loss of these 300,000 jobs results in degraded healthcare for veterans and slower service at the Social Security Administration for the elderly and disabled.