Trump's former top health official just broke with him on the GOP's biggest move to undercut Obamacare
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- Tom Price, President Donald Trump's former Health and Human Services Secretary, said the GOP's repeal of the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate was a bad thing for insurance markets.
- Price's statement broke from the traditional Republican position and contradicts previous statements Price made during the Obamacare repeal push in 2017.
Tom Price, the former Health and Human Services Secretary under President Donald Trump, criticized a key Republican change to Obamacare during a speech Tuesday.
Speaking at the World Health Care Congress, Price suggested the Republican Party's repeal of Obamacare's individual mandate — the requirement to buy insurance or face a penalty — was a faulty idea. He said it would drive up costs for people in the individual insurance marketplace.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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