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The U.S. DOGE Service is putting new curbs on billions of dollars in federal health-care grants, requiring government officials to manually review and approve previously routine payments — and paralyzing grant awards to tens of thousands of organizations.

wapo.stDOGE begins to freeze health-care payments for extra reviewDOGE is putting new curbs on billions of dollars in federal grants, requiring officials to manually review and approve payments that were previously routine.

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Doge is an illegitimate body. It is not a US department approved by Congress. Republicans in Congress have abdicated their responsibilities to the American people in their cowardice and servile attitude towards trump/musk. Legitimate news should refer to doge as illegitimate.

Grants ARE contracts made to qualifying individuals and organizations in exchange for (in this case) health and medical research. What about interference in Congressionally approved use of funds is legal?

Looks like Trump has resurrected the political commissars of the Soviet era: “Some officials have been told that only Trump political appointees can sign requests to disburse funds, even if a career official has already approved it, adding an additional layer of review.”

"Refusing to pay" is not the same as "efficiency". Musk (DOGE) is a disposable straw man doing the Administration's dirty work of trying to destroy Federal agencies. At some point Trump will say, "Musk? I don't even know that guy. Sorry he broke things. But... too late now."