While much of the health care policy focus in recent days has been on what Republicans plan to do with the Affordable Care Act, there is likely an even more important question that relates to far more Americans: What will the GOP do about Medicare?

Mainstream Republicans, led by Speaker Paul Ryan and other conservatives who have long been agitating to reform or dismantle large entitlement programs, hope that the Trump presidency will offer them the opportunity to at least partially privatize Medicare.

Rep. Tom Price, R-Georgia, the chairman of the House Budget Committee, tells The Hill that he hopes 2017 will be the year when Congress will overhaul the massive health care system for senior citizens.

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