Politico January 15, 2025
By Carmen Paun

With Chelsea Cirruzzo and David Lim

Driving the Day

BECERRA’S FINAL ACT — During the unveiling of his official portrait on Tuesday, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, who will soon depart the agency, highlighted the record number of people who have signed up for health insurance since he took the helm of the sprawling agency — and President Joe Biden’s role in it, Chelsea reports.

“There have never been more Americans in the history of the United States who have had access to a health care plan, to a doctor, to a hospital, than under this president,” Becerra said.

In an interview with POLITICO, he credited his tenure with leaving “America stronger and healthier than we found it.”

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