Hello again, I'm Orin Alany.

This podcast is about health care.

It's also about health.

Is it time for a different kind of medical practice proven to produce better outcomes at lower cost?

That's later on.

First, the politics. The focus for years has been on Obamacare,

the target of Republicans ever since it was enacted.

Despite control of both the White House and Congress,

they have failed to repeal it, but they are chipping away.

Here's President Trump.

In a few moments, I will sign an executive order, taking the first steps to providing millions

of Americans with Obamacare relief.

With some Democrats, though, demanding universal health care and Medicare for all, this

is bound to become a major issue in this November's off-year elections.

Recently, President Trump's new Secretary of Health

and Human Services, Alex Azar, announced a set of objectives. This administration and this president

are not interested in incremental steps. We are unafraid of disrupting existing arrangements

simply because they're backed by powerful special interests.

We'll start today's progress report on health care with Mary Agnes Carey, senior correspondent for Kaiser Health News, and it's good to have you back on our podcast.

It's great to be here.

We heard two members of the Trump administration, the president, and his Secretary of Health and Human Services,

are they in the line? Are they consistent in what they're saying?

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