Attorneys general in 19 states and D.C. filed a lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for its recent cuts and reorganization of the agency.

• They say the administration’s restructuring has destroyed life-saving programs and left states to pick up the bill.

They wrote in the lawsuit…

• “In his first three months, Secretary Kennedy and this administration deprived HHS of the resources necessary to do its job.”
• “This chaos and abandonment of the Department’s core functions was not an unintended side effect, but rather the intended result” of the “MAHA Directive.”

The ask: The AGs want a judge to vacate the directive because they say the administration cannot unilaterally eliminate programs and funding that have been created by Congress.