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Going Forward with the Scorched Earth Platform of the President-Elect The display of offal during the 2016 presidential election continues to stain my mind and   incites humor and we are sure to receive plenty of comedic material from the crotch-grabber-in-chief. This is the 100 th article I have published under the healthpolicymaven blog and since he-who-shall-not-be-named was elected President, my readership has tripled.   I have been publishing Straight Talk on Health Care since December 12, 2007, when a candidate for governor of Washington ran on a platform to reduce healthcare access for children, which inflamed my sensibilities and inspired my direct-to-consumer advocacy.   The purpose of this column, which is published in blog form, but adheres to strict journalistic standards for research and references, is to empower the public with useful information which can inform healthcare decisions. In other words, what information, presented in an understandable, and en...

Now that President-Elect Trump�s opinions and omissions can create harmful consequences, this is your Jumping-Off-the-Cliff guide to staying informed, develop an action plan and mitigate damages from his reign. First, the cliff notes on his cabinet and chief staff members: What�s at Stake Nominee Perspectives Analysis Your Health The Secretary of Health and Human Services controls the following agencies: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, Food and Drug Administration, administers the Affordable Care Act, and grants more money for medical research than any other agency in the world. Tom Price, Republican from Georgia, He is an orthopedic surgeon, and represents one of the healthcare sectors with expensive medical devices and lucrative profit margins for health systems. Resentful of the 3% medical device tax his industry pays to fund the Affordable Care Act for low-income Americans. Wants to get rid of Obama Care and replace it with another insurance base...