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May 15 2024
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'Democrats are getting rich': Rep. Banks confronts Biden's HHS secretary about NGOs profiting from child trafficking
United States Representative Jim Banks (R-Indiana) recently confronted Biden's secretary of health and human services, Xavier Becerra, about non-governmental organizations raking in massive profits from human trafficking, including child smuggling, due to the administration's open border crisis. In a statement to Blaze News, Banks said, "Illegal human traffickers are making billions in profits
The Blaze
May 12 2023
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Migrant child dies in US custody, HHS confirms
The Department of Health and Human Services has confirmed the death of a migrant child in U.S. custody.
The department released a statement on Friday regarding the death of the child, but did not reveal where the child died.
"The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is deeply saddened by this tragic loss and our heart goes out to the family, with whom we are in touch
Fox News Digital
Aug 29 2023
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HHS selects first ten drugs for Medicare price negotiation
The White House announced Tuesday the names of the first 10 prescription drugs selected for Medicare price negotiations as part of the Biden-Harris administration’s Inflation Reduction Act. The medications — which include the blood thinner Eliquis and the rapid-acting insulin Fiasp/Novolog — cost Medicare around $50 billion from June 1, 2022, to May 31, 2023, according to the Centers for
New York Daily News
Jan 31 2024
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HHS Committee Votes to Impeach Secretary Mayorkas As Dems Blame GOP for the Border Catastrophe
The House Homeland Security Committee voted to impeach Department of Homeland Security Mayorkas after a marathon 13-hour hearing. The vote was along party lines, 18-15. A full house vote will likely take place next week. This is a rare event. No cabinet member has been impeached in over 150 years. Yet, that is how bad the Biden border catastrophe has gotten. Democrats on the committee tried to
HotAir
Jun 08 2023
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HHS’ first national STI plan could face obstacles
The Biden administration on Thursday issued its new multiagency plan to address rising rates of sexually transmitted infections, but experts see possible legislative and judicial hurdles that could thwart that effort.
The plan directs five departments and 15 agencies to implement more than 200 steps by 2030, and comes as rates of the most common STIs have reached record highs for eight
Roll Call
Nov 28 2022
Fact Check
Is Joe Biden's HHS Implementing Mask Mandates Again?
The use of masks to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 has lingered as a talking point, particularly among conservative politicians, even as case numbers and severity of the virus have fallen from the peak of the pandemic.
Many leading Republicans have been critical of the preventative measure, including (among others) Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who earlier this year chastised a group
Newsweek
Aug 29 2013
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HHS finalizes more Obamacare policies
As part of its continued effort to solidify Affordable Care Act regulations before insurance exchanges open on October 1, the Department of Health and Human Services finalized a new rule on Wednesday clarifying how a number of issues will be handled in the new marketplaces.
CNN Digital
Mar 18 2021
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Senate confirms Xavier Becerra to lead HHS
The Senate voted 50-49 on Thursday to confirm Xavier Becerra as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Why it matters: Becerra, the first Latino to lead the department, is now in charge of overseeing the country's response to the coronavirus pandemic while executing much of the Biden administration's health agenda.
Context: Becerra was one of President Biden's
Axios
Sep 10 2024
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Final Rules on Equal Coverage for Mental Health Care Receive Mixed Reactions
‘Simply put, getting care for anxiety should be as easy as getting medical help for an injured shoulder,’ Employee Benefits Security’s Lisa M. Gomez said. The departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor, and the Treasury issued new rules on Sept. 9 requiring health plans to provide the same level of coverage for mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment as they do for
The Epoch Times
Sep 09 2024
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CDC pushes COVID vaccines on six-month old babies
By and large, doctors and medical personnel work long, hard hours, and often go to heroic lengths to save lives, and to keep us healthy and happy. They are busy people, and they rely on the rules and recommendations from the medical establishment (CDC, NIH, FDA, DEA, HHS, etc.), as well as from academic and industry publications. Over the past four and a half years, there has been a
American Thinker