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Price’s Obamacare replacement would shift power to patients — which is why special interests will hate it

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Published December 9, 2016 12:00am ET
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Price’s Obamacare replacement would shift power to patients — which is why special interests will hate it
Tom Price is both an ardent opponent of Obamacare and an enthusiastic advocate for a more patient-centered healthcare system. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner) | Graeme Jennings

Donald Trump is serious about wresting control of our healthcare system away from the federal government and giving power back to patients, and he just showed it by naming Rep. Tom Price to head the Department of Health and Human Services.

Price is both an ardent opponent of Obamacare and an enthusiastic advocate for a more patient-centered healthcare system.

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