Donald Trump is on track to enter the White House as a man who has no experience with shaping health policy in Washington but has plenty of experience with buying, paying for and fuming at the cost of health benefits.
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 other health policy efforts.
1. Dr. Ben Carson
Dr. Ben Carson, Trump's most visible health policy advisor so far, is a former Republican presidential contender and the former director of pediatric neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center.
Carson made a universal health savings account program the focus of 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.
