President Donald Trump has nominated Chris Klomp, the current Medicare director, to be the deputy secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Klomp will oversee operations and regulatory policy if confirmed by the Senate.
Background and Experience
Chris Klomp has been serving as Medicare director since April 2025 and has been closely advising HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for several months. He has played a key role in the administration’s efforts to broker deals with pharmaceutical companies and build the TrumpRx program to cut prescription drug costs.
Klomp’s nomination is subject to Senate confirmation, and he will need to be approved by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. The HHS has been without a deputy secretary since Jim O’Neill left in February as part of a broader shakeup in agency leadership.
Original reporting: KTBS 3 (Shreveport) — read the source article.
