Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, used the Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing for Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., to serve as the US Department of Health and Human Services secretary to seek a commitment by the Trump administration to keep the "Open Payments" website open, even if the Affordable Care Act that gave the website life is repealed. The panel is expected to vote on his confirmation soon, although no date has been set.
The Open Payments website is a product of the Physician Payment Sunshine Act first introduced by Grassley in 2007, and attached to the ACA before its passage in...