Alex Azar II, the nominee to be the next secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), today told Democratic senators that he will agree with them about many issues but will probably disagree with them about the Affordable Care Act.

Azar talked about the ACA often today at a hearing on his nomination organized by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass, asked Azar what he thinks about "repealing and replacing" the health law.

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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.