After dismissing about 10,000 employees as directed by the Department of Government Efficiency, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Thursday that some of them will be reinstated.

“Some programs that were cut, they’re being reinstated,” Kennedy told reporters, according to The Wall Street Journal. “Personnel that should not have been cut were cut. We’re reinstating them.”

Kennedy on March 27 announced a restructuring plan that would save taxpayers $1.8 billion a year through a workforce reduction of about 10,000 full-time employees. The total restructuring plan would result in a downsizing from 82,000 to 62,000 full-time employees, with the department reducing its divisions from 28 to 15 and centralizing core functions in other areas.

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