New Medicare No. 2 Official May Help Dismantle Obamacare

A new high-ranking member of the Trump administration’s health-care team brings expertise in the health field as well as a stated opposition to the Obamacare law he’ll be responsible for implementing.

Paul Mango is the new No. 2 official at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, which is responsible for Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act. He was named the chief of staff and chief principal deputy administrator to CMS Administrator Seema Verma July 24, after working as a senior partner in health-care policy at consulting firm McKinsey & Co. for more than two decades and losing a ...