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PA acting Health Secretary Alison Beam to step down at end of the year
Pennlive ^ | 13 Decenber A.D. 2021 | Megan Lavey-Heaton

Posted on 12/13/2021 7:54:51 AM PST by lightman

Gov. Tom Wolf announced Monday that the Pa. Department of Health’s acting secretary is leaving the administration.

Keara Klinepeter, executive deputy secretary with the department, will step into the acting health secretary role when Alison Beam resigns at the end of the year.

The announcement of Beam’s departure comes days after the state Supreme Court struck down the school mask mandate she issued in August.

“I am proud to have worked with Acting Secretary Beam over the past several years, and the commonwealth has been fortunate to have had the benefit of her leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic – especially as the Department of Health oversaw a massive vaccine roll-out over the course of the past year,” Wolf said in a news release.

“Thank you, Acting Secretary Beam, for stepping up to serve the commonwealth during a difficult time. We will miss your leadership, your determination and your dedication to building healthier communities for all Pennsylvanians.”

Beam stepped into the role vacated by Dr. Rachel Levine nearly a year ago when Levine was tapped by the Biden administration to be the federal assistant health secretary.

At the time, Beam was hoped to provide a ‘fresh perspective’ on the COVID-19 pandemic. She was Wolf’s deputy chief of staff prior to stepping into the acting role.

“Serving as acting secretary during such a critical time in public health has been the most humbling honor of my career,” Beam said in the same news release that announced her resignation.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: bream; secretaryofhealth; tomwolf; wolf

MUCH better looking than her predecessor.

Genuine OEM parts.

1 posted on 12/13/2021 7:54:51 AM PST by lightman
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To: fatima; Fresh Wind; st.eqed; xsmommy; House Atreides; Nowhere Man; PaulZe; brityank; Physicist; ...

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2 posted on 12/13/2021 7:56:34 AM PST by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: lightman

Did I miss something? Did Mr. Piggie go away?


3 posted on 12/13/2021 7:58:11 AM PST by Fester Chugabrew (No nation that sanctions the wholesale slaughter of its unborn citizens is fit to endure.)
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To: lightman

“Genuine OEM parts.” Are we sure? New dating game requires certified DNA report. :-}


4 posted on 12/13/2021 7:58:20 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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The Acting Health Secretary’s purely theatrical school mask mandate was struck down by the SCOPA on Friday.

Interesting timing.


5 posted on 12/13/2021 7:58:21 AM PST by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: lightman

Never mind. Lost in time here.


6 posted on 12/13/2021 7:59:30 AM PST by Fester Chugabrew (No nation that sanctions the wholesale slaughter of its unborn citizens is fit to endure.)
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To: lightman

PA needs to find someone with the balls to do this job right.


7 posted on 12/13/2021 7:59:37 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (Mass hypnosis of society. So many people are blind to the Truth which is in front of them.)
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To: Fester Chugabrew

That’s DOCTOR Piggie to you, Sir.


8 posted on 12/13/2021 8:00:55 AM PST by alstewartfan ("She looks like she's 19 years old, sitting there like a lady with her legs crossed." Creepy Joe)
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To: ClearCase_guy
PA needs to find someone with the balls to do this job right.

We basically need to eliminate the DOH. Things that some of us expect, like restaurant inspections, are actually performed by counties health dept, not DOH. There are still some state run hospitals, veterans homes and the like that could be put into a downsized DOH, which is called something completely different ... Dept. of State Health Facilities. The rest of the crap that comes from DOH is not needed. My health is between me and my doctors. The state can go to hell.

9 posted on 12/13/2021 8:06:04 AM PST by ConservativeInPA ("Goats are like mushrooms. Because if you shoot a duck, I'm afraid of toasters." - Joe Biden)
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To: Fester Chugabrew

As a PA resident, I can happily say we uploaded Dr. Piggy to the Federal level. He’s out of our state.


10 posted on 12/13/2021 8:07:13 AM PST by Bruce Kurtz
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To: alstewartfan
That's Admiral Doctor Piggie.
11 posted on 12/13/2021 8:13:05 AM PST by Blurb2350 (posted from my 1500-watt blow dryer)
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To: lightman

How can tgey move forward without investigating Nov 3?

What are they? Stupid?


12 posted on 12/13/2021 8:19:25 AM PST by stanne
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To: Blurb2350

I can only imagine what Admiral Doctor Piggie’s crew might look like. Lolol


13 posted on 12/13/2021 8:23:55 AM PST by alstewartfan ("She looks like she's 19 years old, sitting there like a lady with her legs crossed." Creepy Joe)
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To: lightman

Are we getting another fat tranny leftist skank?


14 posted on 12/13/2021 8:26:25 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Fester Chugabrew

Ms Piggy is a “General” Now!


15 posted on 12/13/2021 9:37:32 AM PST by KC_Conspirator
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