Robert Charrow, the Greenberg Traurig shareholder picked to serve as general counsel to the U.S. Health and Human Services Department, pledged on Thursday to resist any efforts to undermine the Affordable Care Act — regulations that Senate Democrats said remain the “law of the land” following the failure of Republican-backed reform legislation.
“I am a firm believer in applying the law as written and passed by Congress,” Charrow, a Greenberg Traurig lawyer since 2002, said at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee.“And if an action is inconsistent with the law, I will not approve it.”
With the recent collapse of a so-called skinny repeal of the Affordable Care Act and with President Donald Trump appearing to root for the law’s failure—”let ObamaCare implode,” he said on Twitter—senators did not mince words about the challenges ahead for Charrow.
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C. Ryan Barber
C. Ryan Barber, based in Washington, covers government affairs and regulatory compliance. Contact him at [email protected]. On Twitter: @cryanbarber
