NEW YORK (AP) — The new head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has gotten a big salary reduction.
A spokeswoman for the Department of Health and Human Services said Tuesday that Dr. Robert Redfield Jr.’s new salary will be $209,700, down from $375,000.
The previous figure was at least $150,000 more than any previous CDC director had received.
Last month, after The Associated Press reported that Redfield was making almost twice his predecessor, a U.S. senator opposed to his appointment wrote a letter to Azar asking why he was earning so much. HHS officials then said Redfield had asked for a pay reduction because the topic had become a distraction.
Redfield was a top HIV researcher who previously had no experience working in public health or managing a public health agency.
Neither this story or the AP article really explains how this salary got set in the first place - isn’t that the big question? Who approves these things? It’s not like this guy set his own salary.
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A reduction isn’t keeping with the theme here … Oh No’s ! —
In other words, he’d been caught.
You read my mind…
Dear CDC
I offer to take the job at half of $209,700.
I have just as much experience, plus excellent management and communication skills.
I will also not require the use of a security detail except when visiting the White House.
I hope you consider this opportunity to save tax payer dollars and want to thank you for considering me as a candidate for this position.
Sincerely,
R. Hortense Corvidae