“We are shutting down unauthorized Marketplace enrollments and returning approximately $2.2 billion in taxpayer-funded subsidies. CMS is strengthening safeguards, pursuing bad actors, and holding agents and brokers accountable when they break the rules.
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Secretary of Health and Human Services • California
Secretary of Health and Human Services since January 2025. Environmental lawyer and former independent presidential candidate.
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“I have the privilege and the responsibility of leading the department that can put the full weight of the federal government behind answering those questions.
“Governor Shapiro has chosen to politicize this outbreak instead of implementing a unified public health response. He continues to point the finger at me and the federal government.
“President Trump… called me and (Dr. Mehmet) Oz every hour of the day and made it very clear that our jobs were dependent on this getting through. They were very, very emotional conversations.
“Their vision for their commitment to something other than short-term profits, but a long-term commitment to our country, to patriotic values, and to human health.
“The announcement appears to have been premature, and the deaths may even have been altogether fabricated by one of the Governor's hopeful staffers.
“They cannot find any measles deaths in Lancaster County.
“We're doing a better job than any country in the world at controlling the measles outbreak. This is a worldwide epidemic, and it's happening because of the lockdowns, because many kids did not get vaccinated during the lockdowns.
“Heidi brings exceptional judgment, professionalism, discipline and an unwavering commitment to the American people. I have seen her challenge assumptions, demand excellence and turn bold ideas into meaningful results.
“The federal government will no longer use Medicaid and CHIP dollars to fund procedures that fail to meet the evidentiary standard our children deserve.
“My purpose in going down there had nothing to do with vaccines.
“I went there, nothing to do with vaccines. I went there to introduce a medical informatics system.