It is unfortunate because those 4 million people suffer as a consequence of that politics.
Xavier Becerra
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Xavier Becerra is an American lawyer and politician currently serving as the Secretary of Health and Human Services, a position he has held since March 2021. He is a member of the Democratic Party and has a long history of public service in California. Prior to his current role, Becerra served as the Attorney General of California from January 2017 to March 2021, where he focused on issues such as consumer protection and healthcare access. He was also a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 2017, representing California's 34th congressional district.
We need further authorities from you and thank you for those who supported the omnibus bill, because it provided a 5-month extension to the use of those telehealth authorities.
We think just as the Affordable Care Act has proven its success for more than 30 million people, that taxpayers are going to find that they are going to save themselves a lot of money.
Those premium supports made it possible for us to decrease the cost of the premium by some 23 percent.
Actually, I think most employers are going to be happy that we get rid of the family glitch.
We are working with your support in the American Rescue Plan, we are now able to do far more in trying to help communities deal with opioid addiction.
We want to make sure that that hotline is available, and that there will be someone available to answer that call when you are in your moments of most need.
As we move toward universal coverage that is one of the elements that has to be in place. I look forward to working with you to finally get there, finally get there if we can.
We are going to go to places where we have never seen our government try to push before because we think everyone should be included.
We will make sure that what we put out is something that helps us avoid the costly process of arbitration.
the devil is in the detail, Congressman. I would love to work with you on this, but the devil is in the detail.
We are going to do everything we can to make sure we elevate those caregivers.
we want to recognize in some cases family members are the people who are caring, and just because they are family members doesn't mean they don't deserve to be compensated.
we are moving forward to try to make sure that we put in place the infrastructure to make it happen.
We know that if we are able to get the child care proposals in the Build Back Better agenda, that we would have the ability to actually meaningfully tackle this, not just try to put a band-aid over it.
we see how throughout the country, reproductive healthcare rights of women are being not only enjoined, but probably undermined.
We are absolutely committed to this. The President has it in his budget, and CDC is committed to this program.
we are doing everything we can to do bulk purchases because we know for a lot of folks it is unaffordable.
There is no reason why a woman in this country today should die as a result of birth of a child.
I will provide prompt responses in writing to requests from any member of the committee.
We have made the largest investments in mental health and substance use disorder in the history of these programs because of the American Rescue Plan that you and others in this Congress passed.
I think the evidence now is overwhelming that good mask policy helps keep people safe.





