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Xavier Becerra ( / hɑːviˈɛər bɪˈsɛrə / hah-vee-AIR beh-SEHR-ə; Latin American Spanish: [xaˈβjeɾ βeˈsera]; born January 26, 1958) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 25th United States secretary of health and human services since March 2021. He is the first Latino to hold this position in history. [1]
Secretary of Health and Human Services is a level I position in the Executive Schedule, thus earning a salary of US$221,400, as of January 2021. Xavier Becerra has served as the 25th United States secretary of health and human services since March 19, 2021, the first person of Hispanic descent to hold the post.
The United States Department of Health and Human Services ( HHS) is a cabinet-level executive branch department of the U.S. federal government created to protect the health of the U.S. people and providing essential human services. Its motto is "Improving the health, safety, and well-being of America". [3]
Grumbling from high-ranking Biden administration officials and a harsh watchdog report released last week are the latest challenges for Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra, who ...
President Biden and VP Harris listen as Xavier Becerra, Biden's nominee to be HHS secretary, addresses a news conference at Biden's transition headquarters in Wilmington, Del., December 8, 2020.
Rural health outcomes would improve if more states expanded Medicaid, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra told a Senate panel Tuesday. During a hearing on the administration ...
American Hospital Association v. Becerra. Whether Chevron deference permits HHS to set reimbursement rates based on acquisition cost and vary such rates by hospital group if it has not collected adequate hospital acquisition cost survey data. Whether petitioners' suit challenging HHS's adjustments is precluded by 42 U.S.C. §13951 (t) (12).
Health and Human Services secretary nominee Xavier Becerra said the department has central role in meeting Biden's ambitious goals to battle COVID-19.