In Xavier Becerra, President-Elect Biden has selected a person who has been perhaps the biggest thorn in President Trump's side on the ACA, reproductive health, and immigrant rights. If confirmed, he will have an opportunity to overturn much of what Trump has done.
It's been more under the radar, but Xavier Becerra has also aggressively gone after anti-competitive practices in the hospital industry that keep prices high.
Becerra is not a health policy wonk, but wonks don't necessarily make the best cabinet secretaries. He's been around health care issues for years, as CA Attorney General and sitting on the Ways and Means Health Subcommittee in the House.
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