Xavier Becerra is secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services. Prior to becoming secretary in 2021, Becerra was attorney general of California, where he addressed Medicare and Medicaid fraud; combatted the opioid crisis, holding drug makers accountable; won a $575 million antitrust settlement against one of the largest health systems in California; and led the three-year federal court fight to save the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). Becerra served twelve terms in the US House of Representatives. He was the first Latino on the Committee on Ways and Means, and was chairman of his party's caucus and ranking member of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security and the Subcommittee on Health. Becerra was one of the original co-sponsors of the ACA.
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