WASHINGTON — Top Trump administration officials have elevated a new team of health policy experts who they hope will carry a more politically popular health agenda through the midterm elections, including a former health IT exec and a Trump administration veteran.
They’ve also ousted others: Health and Human Services Department Deputy Secretary Jim O’Neill and General Counsel Mike Stuart are both expected to take new roles within the administration, but not at the health agencies.
The new direction for HHS comes as an attempt to smooth over dysfunction at the agencies, STAT has learned, but also as a way of steering the department toward policies considered “wins” among the public, such as those related to healthy food and drug pricing.
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