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(7,723 posts) Mon Nov 28, 2016, 10:40 PM Nov 2016

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Trump picks Congressman Tom Price as health and human services secretary [View all]

Source: Wash Post

By Washington Post Staff November 28 at 9:25 PM
President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.), an orthopedic surgeon who has been one of Capitol Hill's fiercest critics of President Obama's health care law, to be secretary of health and human services, a person briefed on the decision confirmed Monday night.

The public announcement of Trump's selection of Price, a six-term congressman who chairs the House Budget Committee and is regarded as a policy wonk, is expected to be made as early as Tuesday.
This is a developing story. It will be updated.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/11/28/trump-picks-congressman-tom-price-as-health-and-human-services-secretary/?hpid=hp_no-name_no-name%3Apage%2Fbreaking-news-bar&tid=a_breakingnews

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Trump picks Congressman Tom Price as health and human services secretary [View all] Fast Walker 52 Nov 2016 OP

Oy is right! dhol82 Nov 2016 #1

Much to the delight madamesilverspurs Nov 2016 #2

haha.... oy Fast Walker 52 Nov 2016 #11

The let them die part of the party Matthew28 Nov 2016 #3

Un-fuckin-real!! This country is going to get royally screwed! InAbLuEsTaTe Nov 2016 #4

yet another example of Trump "bringing this country together" RussBLib Nov 2016 #5

Well there goes any slight hope that there could be any possible silver-linings from Trump xor Nov 2016 #6

If I remember right, this guy's a Xtian right-wing nut case. vkkv Nov 2016 #7

I googled his voting record pfitz59 Nov 2016 #8

This is a person who wants to destroy Medicare and the ACA. Those who depend on the ACA still_one Nov 2016 #9

Yep: "Rep. Tom Price Reveals Republicans Eyeing Medicare Overhaul In 2017" muriel_volestrangler Nov 2016 #10

wheee! Fast Walker 52 Nov 2016 #12

I wonder if this is a layered game Amishman Nov 2016 #13

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