Trump looks to Obamacare critic to overhaul healthcare

New York

US PRESIDENT-ELECT Donald Trump on Tuesday named a vociferous Obamacare critic and an Indiana policy consultant to help him overhaul the country's healthcare system.

Republican Representative Tom Price, an orthopaedic surgeon from Georgia, will be Mr Trump's Health and Human Services Secretary, and consultant Seema Verma will lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, a powerful agency that oversees government health programmes and insurance standards.