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The Senate Finance Committee will hold a vote Jan. 31 to decide whether Rep. Tom Price, R.-Ga., will have a chance to oversee the multibillion-dollar budget of the Department of Health and Human Services.

Today’s “courtesy” hearing on the nomination of Rep. Tom Price, R.-Ga., to be secretary of HHS was not especially courteous, as some Democrats slammed the nominee on his stock purchases and his failure to commit to preserving key elements of Medicare, Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

After the Senate approved a budget resolution process on Jan. 12, the repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) began chugging ahead, but many Americans are seeking a more cautious approach.
HHS today unveiled a final version of a rule proposed in July with some unique approaches that will, the agency hopes, alleviate some of the huge backlog of Medicare appeals cases from which it presently suffers.
Listen closely -- new clinical guidelines call for prompt intervention when providers encounter impacted cerumen and ongoing patient education about ear hygiene, among other recommendations.

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