{"id":21821,"date":"2017-02-10T09:55:56","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T09:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=21821"},"modified":"2017-02-10T09:55:56","modified_gmt":"2017-02-10T09:55:56","slug":"senate-confirms-tom-price-new-health-secretary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/senate-confirms-tom-price-new-health-secretary.html","title":{"rendered":"Senate confirms Tom Price as new health secretary"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Senate confirms Tom Price as new health secretary<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>Senate confirms Tom Price as new health secretary:- <\/strong>The Senate approved early Friday Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., as the new health secretary.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Price, 62, an orthopedic surgeon and seven-term House veteran from Atlanta, was President Trump&#39;s pick to head the Health and Human Services Department. He will be charged with finding a replacement for the Affordable Care Act.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Senators confirmed his nomination by a strictly party-line 52-47 vote following a debate that lasted until nearly 2 a.m. ET.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Democrats view Price as a polarizing figure with a controversial history of trading health care stocks and whose policies will snatch insurance coverage from Americans<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&quot;He seems to have no higher priority than to terminate health coverage for millions of people,&rdquo; said Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H. She said his preference for limiting women&rsquo;s access to free birth control was &quot;not only wrong, it&rsquo;s arrogant.&quot;<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Republicans see Price as a knowledgeable leader who will help obstruct President Obama&rsquo;s health care policy that extended insurance coverage for millions.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Democrats also worry that he will make changes to Medicare and Medicaid, health programs that assist low-income families.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Price &quot;knows more about health care policy than just about anyone.&rdquo; He said Price would help &ldquo;bring stability to health care markets that Obamacare has harmed.&quot;<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:8px;\">Source:-&nbsp;http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2017\/02\/10\/senate-confirms-tom-price-new-health-secretary\/97734120\/<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/senate-confirms-tom-price-new-health-secretary.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate confirms Tom Price as new health secretary Senate confirms Tom Price as new health secretary:- The Senate approved early Friday Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., as the new health secretary. 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