# DOGE wants to trim a $500 billion list of federal ‘zombie’ programs that includes veterans’ healthcare, Pell Grants, and NASA

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/doge-wants-to-trim-a-500-billion-list-of-federal-zombie-programs-that-includes-veterans-healthcare-pell-grants-and-nasa/
- Published: 2024-11-24T09:45:47-06:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Image credit: Getty Images; Chelsea Jia Feng / BI. Article by Ayelet Sheffey, Andy Kiersz. Yahoo!News – updated November 22, 2024. Originally published by Business Insider. Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy wrote an op-ed detailing their vision for cutting government costs. One of their targets is a list of programs with expired funding authorization totaling $516 billion. The largest items on that list include veterans’ healthcare, college grants, and housing assistance. […] Click here to view original web page at www.yahoo.com