Donald Trump is on track to enter theWhite House as a man who has no experience with shaping health policy in Washington but has plenty ofexperience with buying, paying for and fuming at the cost of healthbenefits.
Here's a look at five people Trump has been using, or could use,to get ideas about how to handle the Affordable Care Act repeal effort and otherhealth policy efforts.
1. Dr. Ben Carson
Dr. Ben Carson, Trump's most visible health policy advisorso far, is a former Republican presidential contender and theformer director of pediatric neurosurgery at the Johns HopkinsChildren's Center.
Carson made a universal health savings account program the focusof his proposal for replacing the Affordable Care Act.
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Allison Bell
Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.
