health and human services

Apr 22, 2025
HHS eliminates funding to protect immigrant children from exploitation
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The funding supported 26,000 unaccompanied minors with their immigration cases.
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Jan 8, 2018
Health and Human Services head nominee differs from the former secretary in one key way
Tuesday, the Senate Finance Committee is scheduled to hold its confirmation hearing for Alex Azar to run the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Azar is widely expected to win Senate approval, despite some misgivings over the rise of drug prices while he served as a top executive at drugmaker Eli Lilly. However, it […]
Mar 28, 2017
Think Obamacare is safe? HHS chief Tom Price can still make changes
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Without help from Congress, Republicans can’t change the law, but rules on how to execute the law are fair game.
Dec 13, 2016
What does the future of the Affordable Care Act look like?
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As Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Mathews Burwell leaves office, she looks back on the Affordable Care Act and the challenges the incoming administration may face.

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