President Trump has nominated Alex Azar as head of the Department of Health and Human Services. Trump tweeted the nomination Monday morning: “Happy to announce, I am nominating Alex Azar to be the next HHS Secretary. He will be a star for better healthcare and lower drug prices!”
Azar left the pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly in January after working there for nearly a decade, most recently serving as the president of Lilly USA. He now runs a consulting firm, according to his LinkedIn profile. Working in HHS during President George W. Bush's administration, he served as the department’s general counsel from 2001 to 2005 and then assumed the role of deputy secretary for the next two years.
The nomination process, however, is likely to difficult, according to The Hill, which noted, “Democrats will put up a fight against any potential secretary who supports key items of the Republican agenda, such as repealing and replacing ObamaCare. But,” the article continues, “the GOP controls 52 seats, and Azar only needs 51 votes to win Senate confirmation.
Read more about Azar and the nomination at The Hill.
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