Azar Tells Senate Dems ACA Replacement Plan Not Yet Necessary

Senate Finance Democrats pushed HHS Secretary Alex Azar to present the administration’s Affordable Care Act replacement plan on Thursday (Feb. 13), but Azar said the high-profile litigation over the constitutionality of the health law is a long way from being finished and at this point an ACA replacement is a hypothetical situation. Azar fielded a number of questions related to Texas v. United States as he testified Thursday on the president’s fiscal 2021 budget proposal. President Donald Trump omitted...