Former health secretary Beam takes lobbying job with UPMC, raising concern and hope

By: Stephen Caruso

Pennsylvania’s former health secretary is taking a new job as the top lobbyist for the commonwealth’s biggest health system.

Alison Beam, who was a top staffer for Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf before taking over the state Health Department in January 2021, will be hired as the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s next vice president of government affairs, the healthcare giant announced last week.

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