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HHS Secretary Announces Major Directional Shift in Federal Health Policy

HHS Secretary Announces Major Directional Shift in Federal Health Policy
A woman is examined by a doctor during a routine checkup at the Jessie Trice Center for Community Health clinic in Miami in 2012. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Lawrence Wilson
Lawrence Wilson
3/28/2023|Updated: 3/28/2023
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Federally funded health programs will undergo a major philosophical shift in 2024, moving from an illness-care strategy to providing wellness care, according to U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra.

The secretary touted the change while presenting President Joe Biden’s $1.8 trillion HHS budget proposal to the House Ways and Means Committee on March 28.

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