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What can (and can't) the Secretary of Health and Human Services do?

What can (and can't) the Secretary of Health and Human Services do?

Update: 2024-12-03
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Former HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius talks about the powers - and limits - of the role in the wake of President-elect Donald Trump's pick of RFK Jr. for the role. This episode was brought to us by the podcast Tradeoffs, hosted by former NHPR health reporter Dan Gorenstein.


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What can (and can't) the Secretary of Health and Human Services do?

What can (and can't) the Secretary of Health and Human Services do?

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