HHS Acting Secretary Issues Remarks on Health Reform

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the text of the following remarks by Acting Secretary Eric D. Hargan on health reform to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce:

"President Trump is committed to making regulatory reform an administration-wide effort, and it's absolutely crucial that we get it right at HHS in particular.

"It's especially important because, at HHS, the cost of poorly designed rules or overregulation is measured not just in dollars, but in lives -- in days, weeks and years we get to spend with our loved ones thanks to medical breakthroughs, as well as a higher quality of life made possible by new technologies and therapies."