Diversifying Doulas?! HHS Spends Hundreds of Millions Spreading DEI Through Medical Community. "Equity" concept appears 829 times in Department's 2025 budget request, reaching academia, bureaucrats, researchers and care providers. By OpenTheBooks (11/12/24)
From the Article’s Introduction (edited slightly)
The private sector is learning that much of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) model is discriminatory and subject to expensive litigation. Corporations are “quietly altering” their approach.
Despite federal agencies facing a mountain of legal challenges, the Biden administration has pressed on with a “whole of government” DEI effort.
The Department of Health and Human Services (DHS) — with a budget surpassed only by the Pentagon — employs 294 DEI staffers at an annual cost of $38.7 MILLION, plus another $29.4 million payroll for seven Offices of Minority Health within various HHS agencies.
DEI related efforts have permeated through virtually every area of HHS.
Variations of the term “equity” appear 829 times in HHS’s 2025 Congressional budget request, impacting hundreds of millions of dollars of spending programs.
Resulting funds pour out across the country to achieve equity and “justice” in public health including:
Black churches recruited to push vaccinations
Universities for hiring diverse researchers
Special outreach for anyone from criminals, to the LGBTQ+ community, to the indigenous, and…yes, even doulas!
Key Topics:
BACKGROUND
THE DEI HEIRARCHY
EEO (Equal Employment Opportunity) vs DEI: A MERGER OF ACRONYMS?
HHS combines these two conflicting premises into one office.
MINORITY HEALTH & ADDRESSING INJUSTICES
207 employees make $29.4 million, with 182 achieving six-figure salaries.
EXAMPLE: MINORITY HEALTH AT THE CDC
EQUITY PAYDIRT: DEI SPENDING PERMEATES THROUGHOUT HHS
The word “equity,” or variations thereof, appears in the HHS 2025 Budget Request 829 times.
No specific dollar amount can be assigned because most funding incorporates DEI.
DEI SPENDING AT THE HEALTH RESOURCES & SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (HRSA)
DEI SPENDING AT THE NIH
FURTHER READING
How DEI Corrupted the NIH, City Journal, Christopher F. Rufo (Oct. 24, 2024):
ED NOTE
Great research, excellent article from Open the Books! We hope it goes directly to Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy in the new DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) to stop DEI everywhere it exists in government. (DEI already is starting to fall in the corporate world thanks to efforts by Robby Starbuck and others.)
DEI is low-hanging fruit that DOGE must prune mercilessly. It helps no one while enriching government employees and the DEI industry.
Let's return to meritocracy, equal (and quality) treatment for all, and founding principles. DEI must DIE. And it will, once the sweet, sweet taxpayer money dries up like a prune.
