HHS Secretary Alex Azar went before a House committee Thursday to defend the agency's 2019 budget. (Getty/lucky-photographer) () Alex Azar, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, ...

HHS' budget proposal for fiscal 2020 would slash the department's discretionary funding by 12 percent. The Trump administration has proposed big cuts to the Medicaid safety net program, the National ...

Even after Donald Trump had urged them to end their feud, the president’s top two health deputies couldn’t resist competing for his attention — and undermining each other on Twitter and cable TV. But ...

WASHINGTON — Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar called on Congress Friday to upend the way drugs are paid for by “immediately” passing a law banning rebates that drug makers pay to insurers ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar met this week with key Capitol Hill lawmakers to discuss combating high drug costs, even as the pharmaceutical industry ramped up its complaints about his ...

The premium for a benchmark ACA plan on the federal exchange is projected to drop 2% nationally next year, bucking a trend of year-over-year increases for the first time in the ACA era. Health and ...

HHS Secretary Alex Azar touted the Trump administration's healthcare agenda, but glossed over some high-profile initiatives from the past year that stalled or fell flat in his annual State of the ...

HHS Secretary Alex Azar will testify before the House Appropriations Committee’s health subcommittee March 15 to defend his 2019 budget request, according to The Hill. Mr. Azar is expected to face ...