Lawmakers Seek to Slow DoD's Efforts to Slash Medical Billets, Outsource Moves
21 May 2019
Military.com | By Patricia Kime
The House Appropriations Committee moved to rein in the Defense Department as it plans to cut 18,000 military medical billets and proceeds with outsourcing its household goods management system.
The committee on Tuesday passed a fiscal 2020 defense spending bill that would withhold $250 million from the Defense Health Agency to pay for contractors or civilians to work in jobs in military hospitals now held by nearly 18,000 uniformed personnel whose positions will be eliminated or transferred to operational billets.
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