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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.

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Mar 22, 2023

It is great that this is available to the 67 million people on Medicare, but what about the rest of America.

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Mar 22, 2023

You can still make more money flipping burgers than you can working, caring for our next generation of leaders.

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Mar 22, 2023

Mejor prevenir que remediar: better to prevent than to remediate.

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Mar 22, 2023

Easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.

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Mar 22, 2023

We have challenged every State to offer to a woman and her new baby postpartum care, not just for 60 days under Medicaid, but for 365 days.

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Mar 22, 2023

You had me at hello, on that one.

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Mar 22, 2023

This budget funds the Cancer Moonshot, and ARPA-H, it invests in Title X Family Planning programs, essential to so many families.

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Mar 22, 2023

Our country faces numerous healthcare challenges--and HHS is at the center of addressing many of these issues.

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Mar 22, 2023

We hope to build on that progress this year.

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Mar 22, 2023

We are excited about working with you to fund key initiatives that will enable us to continue to meet that mission.

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Mar 22, 2023

It ensures health and wellness are within reach for all Americans.

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Mar 22, 2023

If there is a particular facility, clinic that believes it was denied access to funding...

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Mar 22, 2023

What we do is, we take out that extra charge, and we are going to try to get back some of the money that we were overcharged as a Medicare program that should have been used to provide more services to Medicare recipients.

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Mar 22, 2023

They saved lives. Tens of millions of Americans got their COVID shots at community health centers.

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Mar 22, 2023

Please pass the President's budget on community health centers.

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Mar 22, 2023

We need to make sure every dollar that the Medicare program puts out for a Medicare recipient gets to service a Medicare recipient.

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Mar 22, 2023

At the end of the day, whatever we have done with this rate notice, it does not cut any benefit provided by Medicare.

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Mar 22, 2023

Medication-assisted treatment is critical, because it is one of the ways you save a life.

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Mar 22, 2023

Half of all seniors who have Medicare use the Medicare managed care model. This is critically important.

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Mar 22, 2023

Here is how we do it, and we can not only strengthen Medicare, but we can do it without cutting one benefit for any senior in America.

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Mar 22, 2023

Medicare is not some kind of voucher. It is a guarantee of high-quality health care, and Americans have earned this benefit with each paycheck.

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Mar 22, 2023

This budget reflects the President's and our values and commitments.

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Mar 22, 2023

The President is focused on making sure billionaires and the very wealthy pay their fair share.

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Mar 22, 2023

It positions us to tackle the urgent challenges we face, including a growing behavioral health crisis.

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Mar 22, 2023

The President's new lower-cost prescription drug law has capped insulin at $35 per month.

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