On the Front Line of the Battle Against COVID-19, with HHS Deputy Secretary Eric Hargan

Hold These Truths with Dan Crenshaw

Dan Crenshaw

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🗓️ 27 April 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Eric Hargan is the Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services and is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations and management of the department in addition to leading policy and strategy development. What does it actually takes to develop a test for a new virus like COVID-19? What’s the strategy for implementing nationwide testing? How are HHS regulations evolving to enable telehealth? Eric joined Dan to answer these questions and more.

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0:00.0	We hold these truths to be self-evident.
0:02.0	But all men are clean.
0:04.0	Because I remember Congress, I get to have a lot of really interesting people in the office.
0:07.0	Experts on what they're talking about.
0:09.0	This is the podcast for insights into the issues.
0:11.0	China, bio-terrorism, Medicare for all, in-depth discussions.
0:16.0	Breaking it down into simple terms.
0:18.0	We hold these truths with Dan Crenshaw.
0:24.0	Hey everybody, welcome back.
0:26.0	I'm honored to have a deputy secretary of health and human services with me.
0:30.0	Eric Hargett, Eric, thank you so much for being on the show.
0:33.0	Good to be here.
0:35.0	Well, wow, this is your agency is on the front lines right now against the pandemic.
0:44.0	And first of all, I want to say appreciate all the hard work you and everybody there at HHS are doing.
0:51.0	I know it's probably 24-7.
0:53.0	So thank you.
0:55.0	Yeah, it's hard.
0:56.0	Not as hard as Buds.
0:58.0	But it's hard.
0:59.0	And not as hard as, you know, I mean, our lives are relatively easy.
1:04.0	We're still getting our paychecks.
1:06.0	We are, you know, a lot of people's inconveniences are just staying at home.
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