Trump Nominates Chris Klomp as HHS Second-in-Command
Klomp has overseen HHS operations and led drug-price talks with 17 pharmaceutical companies, while the Senate Finance Committee weighs his nomination.
- On Thursday, President Donald Trump named Medicare director Chris Klomp to be deputy secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, positioning him as second-in-command to HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy.
- HHS has operated without a deputy secretary since Jim Neill left in February as part of a broader leadership shakeup aimed at refocusing health care messaging around lower costs and the TrumpRx program.
- Trump praised Klomp as "a real star" during an April White House event, stating on Truth Social that "HHS is a massive and complex organization, but Chris knows exactly how to run it." He, Kennedy and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz jointly made the decision.
- Klomp must secure Senate confirmation from the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, joining Dr. Erica Schwartz and Dr. Nicole Saphier as federal health nominees awaiting hearings while continuing involvement in the Food and Drug Administration commissioner search.
- The nomination formalizes Klomp's expanded role in Trump's health policy agenda, building on his work this year leading personnel searches for CDC and surgeon general positions and brokering TrumpRx deals with 17 pharmaceutical companies to reduce prescription drug costs.
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