Tom Price Would Weaken Coverage, Consumer Protections

President-elect Trump's selection of House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price for Secretary of Health and Human Services should focus attention on Price's health plan,[1] which to date has received little scrutiny. Like other Republican congressional health plans, it would repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and replace it with highly inadequate financial help to enable families and individuals to buy health coverage — likely leaving many of the 20 million people who have gained coverage under the ACA uninsured or without needed care