Secretary of Health and Human Services
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- noun
- Formal
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Secretario de Salud y Servicios Humanos
- If a pilot is successful in leading to better coordinated, more efficient care, the legislation stipulates that "the Secretary of Health and Human Services has the authority to expand the duration and scope of a demonstration, even nationwide."
- former Secretary of Health and Human Services
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You would think that the former Secretary of Health and Human Services would know that.
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The Secretary of Health and Human Services, not later than 6 months after July 26, 1990, shall -
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The Secretary of Health and Human Services has emphasized that states must meet her standards of transparency and accountability.
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Six diseases were listed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services as "often transmitted by food contaminated by infected persons who handle food."
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The Secretary of Health and Human Services has solicited IOM's recommendations and will render a final decision on August 1.
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The restriction of employees on the basis of symptoms is designed to protect against all the diseases on both lists published by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
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In a recent teleconference with Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala, I had the opportunity to ask why the managed competition approach was chosen over the single-payer approach, and she dismissed use of this term, saying that managed competition is not exactly what is being proposed.
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A day after the presidential debate, the Republican chairs of the Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce Committees published a letter addressed to the Secretary of Health and Human Services asking that Meaningful Use payments and penalties be suspended, and the program be reevaluated because it failed to reach its stated goals of having EHRs "talk to each other."
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(n7) Public Citizen (a public service organization), the American Public Health Association, and others brought the suit to compel the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to ban all domestic sales of raw milk and raw-milk products.
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The Senate confirmed her today as the new Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Surface Forms
Morphology
secretary + of + health + and + human + services
The meaning is a straightforward composition: 'secretary' (a senior official) of the department named 'Health and Human Services' specifies the head responsible for health and social services. This title follows a common cross-linguistic pattern (e.g., Minister of Health and Social Services), so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will readily infer the general role even if they lack detailed knowledge of the U.S. government structure.
Etymology
Secretary of Health and Human Services paints a clear picture: imagine a leader, the secretary, holding two big folders labeled Health and Human Services. That image helps you remember that this person is the head of the U.S. department who looks after public health and services that help people.