HHS nominee Azar needs to come clean on Obamacare, Medicare in Senate hearings

CNBC News

8 January 2018 - Alex Azar, who has been nominated to replace Tom Price as Health and Human Services Secretary is appearing before the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday.

Since taking office, the Trump Administration has taken deliberate actions to systematically sabotage and dismantle the Affordable Care Act (ACA) piece by piece, while the Republicans in Congress, with Trump cheer leading all the way, have worked hard to repeal the law. This has thrown American families and health care markets into a frenzy—who would be covered? What would it cost? What's the future of America's health care?

These are some of the many questions for Alex Azar to answer as the person who hopes to succeed Tom Price as the leader of the Health and Human Services agency when he appears before the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday.

Read CNBC News article

Michael Wonder

Posted by:

Michael Wonder

Posted in:

Medicine , US , Regulation