Friday, February 10, 2017

Our new secretary of HHS

     While I was skimming the news title, the news about our new secretary of health and human services decision attracted my attention.  According to ThinkProgress, the Senate has approved the nomination of Representative Tom Price to be the secretary of health and human services (HHS), and is expecting him to implement the repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act. However, there are doubts about Price’s investments, insider trading, and possibly conflicts of interest.

     Health insurance is important to our daily living. Everyone has a chance to be sick and may need to seek help from it. Since the beginning of Obamacare, a lot of debates arise around it, and it doesn’t matter if you like it or not, you can see its effects showing up on your tax form in recent years, so I believe the confirmation of new secretary of HHS is important to our future health program ,service, and coverage. That said, the suspicious conflicts of interest could also influence our insurance market.

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