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How Trump's Top Health Nominee Could Affect Mass.

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Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., speaks at a summit in Washington in July 2013. (Charles Dharapak/AP)
Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., speaks at a summit in Washington in July 2013. (Charles Dharapak/AP)

Yesterday, we spoke to the chair of the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission, Stuart Altman, about Seema Verma, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to head the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid.

Today, we look at Trump's nominee for secretary of health and human services, Georgia Congressman Tom Price. Price, an orthopedic surgeon, is an outspoken critic of the Affordable Care Act and was one of the first lawmakers to draft a full replacement for the act.

Guest

JudyAnn Bigby, former state secretary of health and human services under Gov. Deval Patrick and senior fellow at Mathematica Policy Research, which tweets @mathpolresearch.

This segment aired on December 1, 2016.

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