The Rooster
"Okeydoke"
So, this is what it has come to, a need for a well-versed fighter for the ACA heading HHS. President Biden has to get used to the idea of having an "Acting" Secretary of HHS, because, any Republican votes (if in the majority) will oppose this appointee more than any other. Xavier Becerra is more than qualified to lead HHS. He is vital to the best outcomes of American healthcare as we are entrenched in what seems a never-ending battle to stop the spread of SARS-CoV-2. After all, it is the virus we are bringing under control, not COVID-19.
The fact that political extremism has set in with this virus running rampant in the USA will require soon to be Secretary of HHS Becerra's knowledge and experience to develop a policy that will eradicate the virus and not allow it to run the USA's economy. While every American has the right to refuse treatment of any kind, they are not allowed to become a vector that endangers the public's health. I wish Secretary Becerra great success.
By Tina Reed
Rep. Xavier Becerra, (click here) D-Calif., addresses the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute in Washington, Monday, Sept. 13, 2010.
President-elect Joe Biden (click here) plans to nominate California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
As first reported by The New York Times, if confirmed as HHS secretary Becerra would take the reins amid a pandemic that has killed more than 280,000 Americans, overwhelming hospital ICUs and financially decimated many health systems and physician practices across the country.
He also would be taking over at a time when HHS is in the midst of overseeing rule changes over telehealth payment reimbursement, new hospital transparency rules and new rules aimed at driving down the price of pharmaceutical drugs....
President-elect Joe Biden (click here) plans to nominate California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
As first reported by The New York Times, if confirmed as HHS secretary Becerra would take the reins amid a pandemic that has killed more than 280,000 Americans, overwhelming hospital ICUs and financially decimated many health systems and physician practices across the country.
He also would be taking over at a time when HHS is in the midst of overseeing rule changes over telehealth payment reimbursement, new hospital transparency rules and new rules aimed at driving down the price of pharmaceutical drugs....
It will take more than vaccines to end the scourge of the virus spread and its aftermath. There is much more lung compromise, including transplants, then before the spread of SARS-CoV-2. Pollution standards need to be improved across the USA, especially in the homes of minority citizens.
December 7, 2020
By Coral Davenport
Washington - The Trump administration (click here) on Monday declined to tighten controls on industrial soot emissions, disregarding an emerging scientific link between dirty air and Covid-19 death rates.
In one of the final policy moves of an administration that has spent the past four years weakening or rolling back more than 100 environmental regulations, the Environmental Protection Agency completed a regulation that keeps in place, rather than tightening, rules on the tiny, lung-damaging industrial particles, known as PM 2.5, even though the agency’s own scientists have warned of the links between the pollutant and respiratory illness.
E.P.A. administrator Andrew Wheeler is expected to announce the rule this afternoon, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Public health experts say that the rule defies scientific research, including the work of the E.P.A.’s own public health experts, which indicates that PM 2.5 pollution contributes to tens of thousands of premature deaths annually, and that even a slight tightening of controls on fine soot could save thousands of American lives....
