Department Of Health And Human Services (Noun)
Meaning
The United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The Department of Health and Human Services is a cabinet-level department of the US federal government responsible for health and welfare programs.
- In 2002, the Department of Health and Human Services launched the Medicare Modernization Act to reform the US healthcare system.
- The Department of Health and Human Services oversees the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health among many other health-related agencies.
- The US Department of Health and Human Services was created in 1979 to merge health and welfare programs previously administered by different government agencies.
- The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services is a cabinet member who serves as the chief advisor to the President on health and human services issues.