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Mitt Romney has been asked to lead Health and Human Services in Biden administration

2020-11-10

[Buffalo Chronicle] Sources are telling The Chronicle that Senator Mitt Romney has been asked by the presumptive President-elect Joe Biden to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. He is currently discussing the nomination with his family and is expected to accept the appointment.

Biden advisors expect that Romney — a former management consultant by training and a former CEO of Bain Capital — will be tasked with making the national healthcare system more affordable without legislation

...suggesting that the Biden team accepts they will not have functional control over both House and Senate...

that modifies the Affordable Care Act.

That work is expected to focus on a massive transition to tele-health services, expansion of digital appointment scheduling, expanded access to pharmaceuticals online, and the development of artificial intelligence technologies that will automate patient intake processing, make screening recommendations, and seamlessly sync medical record access between multiple providers serving a single patient.

It’s unclear if Romney will be tasked with creating open market pricing systems for a’la carte medical services, which could advance the work that the Trump administration has done to require providers to make pricing for their services public. That strategy is seen as key to creating a price competitive atmosphere between providers.

According to State law in Utah a Senate vacancy will be filled by gubernatorial appointment from one of three individuals nominated by the Legislature, each of whom must be a member of the political party of the prior officeholder.

Romney has expressed a desire for Governor Gary Herbert to appoint former Rep. Mia Love to fill the vacancy.

Posted by:Besoeker

#10 Head of HHS. Humpf. I figured Mitt for Vice Prez when Joe inevitably kicks the metaphorical bucket and has to step aside.

Posted by: SteveS 2020-11-10 15:51

#9 Har har har har.

Yeah I'm convinced.
Why does Biden hate Obama?

Posted by: swksvolFF 2020-11-10 13:06

#8 Please just do not send him back to MAssaholia.

While I've moved to NH MA is still too close.

Posted by: AlanC 2020-11-10 12:00

#7 From NY and moved to Utah
Bringing NY liberal values with him...
But a suck up no matter how you label him....

Posted by: 08011982-1039-CCC 2020-11-10 11:45

#6 Romney did one good thing (the Olympics) in his life and has lived off that success ever since. If he leaves, it is profoundly hoped that the Utah wise men choose a non-Mormon (or a dependable Mormon from southern-most Utah) to fill his seat.

Posted by: b 2020-11-10 11:16

#5 Quisling in charge of HHS?

Posted by: JohnQC 2020-11-10 10:51

#4 I still wonder how much graft Romney took in from the Olympics.

Posted by: Rob Crawford 2020-11-10 10:20

#3 So the uniparty cheated to win.

Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2020-11-10 09:37

Posted by: Besoeker 2020-11-10 08:37

#1 Get that RINO out of the way so you can elect a proper Dem in his place and take over the Senate?

Posted by: gorb 2020-11-10 05:54

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