Who is Xavier Becerra? We explore Becerra's health policy record, what drives his views and what he could do about the country's health care consolidation problem.

Guests:

Peter Lee, JD, Executive Director, Covered California

Richard Scheffler, PhD, Director, Nicholas C. Petris Center

Aditi Sen, PhD, Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Lanhee Chen, PhD, David and Diane Steffy Fellow in American Public Policy Studies, Hoover Institution

Learn more about Xavier Becerra and what HHS can do about consolidation in health care on our website: https://tradeoffs.org/2021/01/28/xavier-becerra-get-to-know-bidens-pick-to-lead-hhs/

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