Tom Price’s confirmation as HHS secretary to accelerate Obamacare repeal

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The confirmation of Tom Price as Health and Human Services secretary should accelerate Republican efforts to repeal Obamacare, an effort that is moving slower than some conservatives prefer.

Senior Republicans said Thursday that healthcare reform has been on hold for several weeks as they wait for Price, a Republican Georgia congressman and medical doctor, to be installed atop the Health and Human Services Department.

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