Dr. Tom Price of Georgia has been picked to be Trump’s Health and Human Services Secretary. Price is a solid pick and a strong opponent of ObamaCARE. The Price is right.
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Rep. Tom Price, a leading GOP voice against Obamacare, has been selected as Donald Trump’s pick to run Health and Human Services, a job that will put him in charge of dismantling the historic law, according to several Republican sources.
Price, 62, an orthopedic surgeon, is expected to be tapped as early as Tuesday.
The selection of the six-term Georgia representative is viewed as a strong embrace of the House’s effort to repeal and replace Obamacare.
Price, who leads the House Budget Committee, was one of the first Republicans to introduce an alternative to Obamacare when Democrats were debating health care reform in 2009 and 2010.
That plan has similarities to both the “Better Way” plan put forward this year by House Speaker Paul Ryan and the plan Trump outlined during his campaign. But Price’s bill, which also includes traditional GOP ideas such as health savings accounts, high-risk insurance pools, and allowing interstate insurance sales, is the most detailed and the only one that has been put into legislative language.
Given Price’s connections to the House and his friendship with Ryan, he could be a key player in helping the House pass an Obamacare replacement plan. He is also close with Vice President-elect Mike Pence; both are former chairs of the conservative House Republican Study Committee.