Perspective | Missing ‘special pay’ outrages Public Health Service officers; little explanation, no apology from agency

The Washington Post: The U.S. Public Health Service had 10 years to follow congressional direction and adopt a new pay system for members of its Commissioned Corps.It failed.Now, thousands of health professionals who work for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), but wear uniforms and insignia like the Navy, must go without “special pay” because their leadership screwed up. They provide health care in some of the most remote, deprived and disadvantaged areas of the natio