Dr. Tom Price Named as Secretary of Health and Human Services

At first blush, Tom Price doesn't seem like a horrible choice for Secretary of Health.  Unlike his compatriot DeVos, nominated as Secretary of Education, he actually has experience in the appropriate field,  as a practicing physician.   

In the last several years, he has been a loud voice opposing the Affordable Care Act, and wishes to see it abolished, no doubt to the detriment of the more than 11 million people who have signed up for insurance policies under the exchange.  The disabled and chronically ill are particularly vulnerable to such an abolishment.

He's also an outspoken opponent of safe pregnancy termination, a rather counterproductive argument for any physician,  and also an outspoken opponent to equal rights protections to the LGBTQ community.

As disabled persons, women and the LBGTQ community, stand to suffer on a Trump administration, it is worth noting that the man who will be setting the tone for health care of our entire nation for the next several years is an advocate of medical harm to both all three of these groups of individuals.