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Rep. Tom Price named as possible HHS secretary under Trump

Modern Healthcare: President-elect Donald Trump is considering Rep. Tom Price, the powerful Republican orthopedic surgeon from Georgia, as a potential HHS secretary, according to news reports.Politico first reported the story Tuesday. Price, an early Trump supporter, sits on the House Ways and Means Committee, which has jurisdiction over healthcare policy.Price has been an outspoken critic of the Affordable Care Act, which Trump promised to repeal on the campaign trail, but he has since softened on the idea of replacing it completely. Price sponsored healthcare legislation that would repeal the ACA and provide refundable tax credits adjusted by age, not income, to buy health insurance. However, the Congressional Budget Office has not scored the budgetary impacts of that legislation.

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