Mass firing of federal health workers represents significant institutional capture (5/5) through personnel_capture mechanism with strong modifiers (1.4x mechanism, 1.3x federal scope). Separation of powers concerns (4/5) arise from executive branch potentially undermining congressionally-mandated health infrastructure. Rule of law (3/5) reflects potential violations of civil service protections. However, single article with limited detail and 'could be fired' conditional language creates substantial hype component. Layer 1 scores high on outrage_bait (7) and media_friendliness (8) given public health threat framing. Layer 2 shows strong pattern_match (8) to broader workforce reduction narratives and timing (7) within administration transition period. Intentionality moderate (8/15) with threat-maximizing language. D-score of +19.1 approaches but doesn't clearly exceed Mixed threshold given both scores >25 and moderate uncertainty from limited sourcing.