KEY POINTS
- The media reported that most of the HHS's 80,000 workforce received the emails
- All employees were emailed about the buyout, a source familiar with the situation said
- The HHS's budget is spent mostly on Medicare for older Americans and Medicaid for disabled and poorer citizens
The U.S. Health and Human Services Department (HHS) has offered a $25,000 buyout program to its 80,000 personnel, giving them until Friday to decide whether to accept the so-called voluntary separation offer.
