Trump Names Hargan as Acting Health and Human Services Secretary
- Hargen replaces Don Wright, who’s held job since Price quit
- Hargan worked in the agency under President George W. Bush
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President Donald Trump has formally designated Eric Hargan as acting secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, taking over for a deputy who’s held the job since Tom Price resigned from the post late last month over his use of taxpayer dollars to travel in private jets.
Hargan, a former corporate lawyer who served on Trump’s transition team, takes over for Don Wright, the deputy Health and Human Services secretary, who had been acting secretary since Price was forced to step down after just seven months on the job.