President-elect Donald Trump said he’ll nominate U.S. Representative Tom Price, one of the main architects of legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare, to be secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, the first of multiple Cabinet announcements expected Tuesday.

“He is exceptionally qualified to shepherd our commitment to repeal and replace Obamacare and bring affordable and accessible health care to every American,” Trump said in a statement.

Trump also announced Seema Verma, founder of health policy consulting firm SVC Inc., as his pick for administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Verma has “extensive experience redesigning Medicaid programs,” Trump’s office said in the statement -- including in Indiana, where she worked with Governor Mike Pence, now the vice president-elect.

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