Latest news with #JimDeFede
CBS News
04-05-2025
- CBS News
Social Security concerns
Jim DeFede joined CBS4 News in January 2006 and serves as an investigative reporter for the station, as well as host of its Sunday morning public affairs program "Facing South Florida."
CBS News
27-04-2025
- Business
- CBS News
Former HHS secretary, Rep. Donna Shalala talks impacts of DOGE cuts
CBS News Miami's Jim DeFede interviewed former Rep. Donna Shalala about cuts made by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, known as DOGE. Shalala, who was also the president of the University of Miami from 2001 through 2015 and the former HHS secretary during the Clinton administration, shared how the cuts, orchestrated by Musk, will impact not only her former department but also everyday Americans. In March, HHS announced plans to cut an additional 10,000 full-time workers and consolidate its divisions as part of President Donald Trump's DOGE efforts. In a statement, the department said it would also "streamline" department functions by reducing the number of divisions from 28 to 15, which includes the addition of a new Administration for a Healthy America, and slashing the number of regional offices in half, from 10 to five. HHS cited "redundant units" as its motive for cutting the divisions. The new job cuts add to existing departures from early retirements to those who accepted a deferred resignation offer known as "Fork in the Road." When taken together, they bring the total size of the department from 82,000 full-time workers down to 62,000, according to the agency. Guest: Donna Shalala/Former HHS Secretary
CBS News
20-04-2025
- Health
- CBS News
Hope Florida controversy
Jim DeFede explores the growing controversy surrounding Hope Florida. The chairman of a foundation tied to Hope Florida — Florida First Lady Casey DeSantis' signature welfare-assistance program — said under oath last Tuesday that "mistakes were made" with the foundation's record-keeping, as a skirmish over the group's finances continued to escalate. Joshua Hay, chairman of the Hope Florida Foundation Inc., appeared before the House Health Care Budget Subcommittee amid a widening probe into the nonprofit's receipt of $10 million as part of a Medicaid managed-care company's $67 million settlement with the state Agency for Health Care Administration. After receiving the money from Centene — the state's largest Medicaid managed-care provider — last fall, the foundation made $5 million grants each to Secure Florida's Future, a nonprofit organization linked to the Florida Chamber of Commerce, and Save Our Society from Drugs. The groups received the grants while they were making contributions to Keep Florida Clean, a political committee headed by James Uthmeier, who was then Gov. Ron DeSantis ' chief of staff and is now state attorney general. Keep Florida Clean fought a proposed constitutional amendment in November that would have allowed recreational use of marijuana. Jim investigates what's next now that the organization's executive director resigns amid House scrutiny. Guest: Rep. Robert "Alex" Andrade/(R) FL-District 2
