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    Michael Hiltzik: Health Secretary Azar's attacks on Medicaid make him Trump's most dangerous Cabinet member

    by Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times Apr 03, 2019 5 minutes

    The contest for worst Cabinet member of the Trump administration is what we might call "competitive."

    How to choose among Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, who was last seen trying to defund the Special Olympics, and Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, who has defended placing children in cages at the border, and Labor Secretary Alex Acosta, who stands accused of letting an alleged child molester off the hook when he was a federal prosecutor in Florida?

    But let's not overlook Alex Azar, the secretary of health and human services, who holds the healthcare of millions of Americans in his hands. Azar has stood silently by as the administration has systematically sabotaged the Affordable Care Act, which he is sworn to uphold.

    Last week, when the Trump administration filed a legal notice stating that it supported a Texas judge's ruling declaring the entire law invalid, Azar's friends let it

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