One of the country's leading rural health advocate will assume the No. 2 position at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Mary Wakefield, who has spent five years overseeing the government's programs for vulnerable populations at HHS, was tapped Thursday as the department's acting deputy secretary, according to a release provided first to The Hill. Wakefield said in an interview Thursday that rural health will continue to be one of her top priorities, as well as reforms to make healthcare delivery more efficient across the board. She also pledged to focus on "strengthening HHS as an agency."
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