Medical Xpress January 25, 2025
The secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, or HHS, plays a significant role in every American’s access to health care and in the nation’s overall well-being.
Under the secretary’s leadership, the multiple agencies that constitute HHS oversee the financing of Medicare and Medicaid, conduct research to improve care quality, monitor health care fraud and abuse, and respond to pandemics.
I am a scholar of health care policy and former Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow on the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. In my time as a fellow from 2000 to 2001, I witnessed how significant the HHS secretary’s role is in protecting and preserving the health of our nation.
The secretary’s direction...
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