
Trump names Obamacare critic Tom Price as health secretary
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Published: 29 Nov 2016 11:47 AM BdST Updated: 29 Nov 2016 11:49 AM BdST
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Chairman of the House Budget Committee Tom Price (R-GA) announces the House Budget during a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Mar 17, 2015. Reuters
President-elect Donald Trump is set to announce on Tuesday that he has chosen Republican US Representative Tom Price, an orthopaedic surgeon and vociferous critic of the Affordable Care Act, as health and human services secretary, two sources told Reuters.
If confirmed by the Senate, Georgia's Price, 62, will play a major role in overhauling the health care insurance law better known as Obamacare, the signature domestic legislative achievement of President Barack Obama.
Trump's decision was confirmed by a transition team official and a Republican official on Monday.
Price has long championed a plan of tax credits, expanded health savings accounts, and lawsuit reforms to replace Obamacare.
Trump had pledged during his campaign for the White House to repeal the law and replace it with a plan to give states more control over the Medicaid health plan for the poor and allow insurers to sell plans nationally.
However, after meeting Obama following the Nov 8 election, Trump said he would consider keeping provisions in the law that let parents keep adult children up to age 26 on insurance policies and bar insurers from denying coverage to people with pre-existing conditions.
Price is one of about 70 people who Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence have met so far as they look to shape their White House and Cabinet team before taking office on Jan 20. Pence told reporters there would be "a number of very important announcements" on Tuesday.
Trump spokesman Jason Miller declined to confirm the Price pick in a Fox News interview late on Monday but said he expected Trump would announce two Cabinet nominees and another top administration official on Tuesday.
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