I just wanted to start with an brief opening comments to frame todays discussion. When it comes to health care, those on the right are often defined more by what they are again then by what they are for. The truth is there have a lot of plans that have been offered on the right of alternatives to obamacare. But there hasnt been any agreement on any single proposal. That may be about to change. A combination of the republican takeover of the senate, a looming Supreme Court decision in the white house race are putting more pressure than ever before on republicans to offer some sort of alternative to obamacare. Before they could get to any sort of agreement, there are some in the mental, philosophical disagreement that need to be worked out about how to get into the country into a more freemarket direction. That is why i wrote my book, overcoming obamacare. I looked at the flurry of plans that have been offered as alternatives to obamacare. I sorted them into three basic approaches. The f
Ordered. Id like to welcome everyone to this mornings hearing. Today, we will consider the nomination of dr. Tom price to be the secretary of the department of health and Human Services. And want to welcome dr. Price to the finance committee. I appreciate his willingness to in a position of this magnitude, especially at this particularly crucial time. Republicans in Congress Warned that the new health care law, basically, would harm patients, emilys and businesses. Too fine apine point on it, but we were right. That will address costs among other things. This will be an important endeavor. One that will and should get a lot of attention here today. But it should not be the sole focus of the next hhs soap secretary. Hhs has an annual budget of over 1 trillion. Let me repeat that. One department, 1 trillion. Hhs and purposes encompasses medicare and medicaid. Disease control and prevention, the National Institutes of whole, the federal Drug Administration and many others. This is no exag
Ordered. Id like to welcome everyone to this mornings hearing. Today, we will consider the nomination of dr. Tom price to be the secretary of the department of health and Human Services. And want to welcome dr. Price to the finance committee. I appreciate his willingness to in a position of this magnitude, especially at this particularly crucial time. Republicans in Congress Warned that the new health care law, basically, would harm patients, emilys and businesses. Too fine apine point on it, but we were right. That will address costs among other things. This will be an important endeavor. One that will and should get a lot of attention here today. But it should not be the sole focus of the next hhs soap secretary. Hhs has an annual budget of over 1 trillion. Let me repeat that. One department, 1 trillion. Hhs and purposes encompasses medicare and medicaid. Disease control and prevention, the National Institutes of whole, the federal Drug Administration and many others. This is no exag
You have described to a degree, but if you could elaborate can you describe how you will prioritize and oversee the larger range of issues for which you will be responsible. Tell us, what in your history has prepared you to lead the department of health and Human Services. Tom price thank you. As you and members know the mission of the department of health insert health and Human Services is to improve the health, safety, and wellbeing of the American People. In order to do that, i am committed to that mission. In order to do that you have to put together teams of individuals in east each sector of health and Human Services. My history of where ever i was or the work i did in communities was just to bring forward greatest quality of talent that we could assemble. The second is to understand the scope and the issues. Clearly having the experience both in the clinical arena as well as the legislative arena you can understand the scope of issues. Finally, focusing on results. Often times
Hitting multiyear highs this morning. Roadmap begins with Billionaire Hedge Fund manager david tepper not pulling any punches. What hes betting on, plus his take on trump, apple, snap and a lot more. A blowout jobs number from adp shows that businesses are booming. Were going to dig in on the report. And an oped this morning claiming the president is suffering from trade Deficit Disorder. The street is weighing in. Well get the debate on trumps trade plan. Some upbeat news ahead of fridays big jobs number. Data out of adp shows private sector added 298,000 jobs in february. That is the most since december of 2015. And then on squawk appaloosas david tepper offered his take on the markets. China, europe, japan, and us, are growing. The day that we had three republican houses, that was the day the president of two houses, that was a day there wasnt going to be another regulation put on the economy. And that alone just releases animal spirits. Nothing else happens, that releases animal sp