HHS Chief-Nominee Price Touts 2-Year Budget Cycles, PAYGO Repeal In Budget Reform Plan

Republican Rep. Tom Price (GA), tapped to serve as HHS secretary in the incoming administration, is pushing for two-year budget cycles, a repeal of pay-as-you-go and a required notice and comment process on all significant guidance documents in a draft rewrite of the congressional budget process. One health policy analyst criticized Price's plan for allowing Congress to cut Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security without being held accountable for doing so. Price complained about the current budget process at a Brookings...