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Mar 18 2021
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Senate Confirms Xavier Becerra as HHS Secretary in Near Party-Line Vote
The Senate voted 50-49 along party lines to confirm Xavier Becerra as Secretary of Health and Human Services on Thursday.
Senator Susan Collins (R., Maine) was the lone Republican to vote in favor of Becerra’s confirmation. Senator Mazie Hirono (D., Hawaii) did not vote on Thursday.
Earlier this month, the Senate Finance Committee was tied 14-14 along party lines in its vote to
National Review (News)Jan 19 2021
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Joe Biden Selects Pennsylvania Transgender Health Official Rachel Levine for HHS
President-elect Joe Biden announced Tuesday he had chosen Dr. Rachel Levine to serve as the assistant secretary of health for the Department of Health and Human Services.
Levine, born Richard Levine, is an openly transgender individual and would mark the first transgender official confirmed by the United States Senate, if approved.
Levine is currently the Secretary of Health for
Breitbart NewsJun 23 2018
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Planned Parenthood sues HHS over changes to teen pregnancy program
Planned Parenthood is suing the Department of Health and Human Services over changes to the agency's embattled Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program.
CNN (Online News)Jun 24 2022
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Supreme Court backs HHS approach to Medicare payments for hospitals serving low-income patients
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the approach taken by the Department of Health and Human Services in calculating certain Medicare payments for hospitals that serve a large number of low-income patients.
The legal challenge targeted HHS' interpretation of the formula used to calculate Medicare's disproportionate share hospital adjustments, known as DSH payments.
The high court
CNN (Online News)Dec 07 2020
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Joe Biden Picks California Attorney General Xavier Becerra To Be HHS Secretary
President-elect Joe Biden on Monday announced he’s nominating California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to lead the next administration’s Department of Health and Human Services, a surprise to many who believed the former Democratic congressman would be chosen to head the Justice Department.
The selection of Becerra — first reported by The New York Times and CNN on Sunday — is a
HuffPostMay 02 2018
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President Trump wants to go further on drug prices: HHS Secretary
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar on Wednesday said President Donald Trump wants to go further in lowering drug prices, an issue he campaigned on during the 2016 presidential race.
ReutersNov 13 2017
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Trump nominates Alex Azar for HHS secretary, replacing Tom Price
President Trump announced that he will nominate Alex Azar as his Health and Human Services secretary, replacing Tom Price who was forced to resign in September amid a scandal over travel expenses.
Fox News (Online News)Nov 13 2017
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Trump selects former pharma executive Alex Azar to lead HHS
President Trump has selected former pharmaceutical executive Alex Azar as his newest pick to lead the department of Health and Human Services.
Mr. Trump tweeted while overseas of his intentions to tap Azar, writing that Azar "will be a star for better healthcare and lower drug prices!"
CBS News (Online)Sep 29 2017
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Tom Price, Trump’s scandal-plagued HHS secretary, is stepping down
Controversy over private flights brought down Trump’s top health official.
VoxJul 15 2020
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New Policy: Hospitals to Send COVID-19 Data to HHS Database, Not CDC
Hospitals are now to send all COVID-19 patient information to a Department of Health and Human Services database in Washington, D.C., through a new policy that is alarming health experts who say they are concerned that the information will be withheld from the public or politicized.
"Historically, CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] has been the place where public health
Newsmax (News)