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Trump Aides Spar with Health Secretary

June 19, 2019 · 3:16 pm ET · Leave a Comment

Politico: “The divide has led to stalled projects, disputes over Medicaid and fetal tissue research, duplicated work on Trump’s drug pricing priorities — and bitter personal attacks, say a dozen current and former White House and HHS officials as well as multiple other people familiar with the conversations.”

“Despite the recent tensions, Alex Azar is not perceived to be at risk of losing his job — although the president is famously fickle and, by some accounts, Trump’s trust in his health secretary has eroded.”

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