We Have a New Secretary of HHS

By: Brady Bizarro, Esq.

In a rare overnight session, the Senate voted 52-47 (along party lines) to confirm Tom Price (R-GA) as Secretary of HHS. He will be managing a department with a $1 trillion budget and have the authority to rewrite ACA rules. Price is the author of perhaps the most extensive replacement healthcare bill; the Empowering Patient Frist Act, which provides age-adjusted tax credits for the purchase of health insurance. It’s a good bet that whatever congressional Republicans come up with in the near future, Price’s proposal will serve as the infrastructure.