Obamacare advocate Becerra likely to focus on expanding Affordable Care Act, drug pricing as HHS chief

In selecting California Attorney General Xavier Becerra as his HHS secretary nominee, President-elect Joe Biden has signaled his intention to follow through on campaign commitments to extending the Affordable Care Act and giving Medicare the power to negotiate drug prices.

The nomination suggests that Biden will lean heavily on other officials to manage his administration’s COVID-19 response. ...