Former HHS Secretary Price Retracts Criticism Of Individual Mandate Repeal

Former HHS Secretary Tom Price on Wednesday (May 2) retracted his highly publicized comments a day earlier criticizing the repeal of the individual mandate, saying his previous remarks were taken out of context. “At an event yesterday I explained how repealing the mandate would affect certain populations in the absence of additional reforms, like the expansion of Association Health Plans and other measures that use market forces to drive down costs. Unfortunately, some have reported my comments out of context,”...