On the possible repeal and replacement of the ACA: "I don't know if it makes sense to react to any individual's plan, whether it is Tom Price's plan or anyone else's, because you don't know if any of those will prevail under the Trump administration'.

Wright Lassiter III took the reins of Henry Ford Health System on Jan. 1 from retiring Nancy Schlichting, its longtime CEO. Lassiter was recruited from Alameda Health System in Oakland, Calif., to run the six-hospital system two years ago. Henry Ford recently acquired Allegiance Health in Jackson, Mich., and HealthPlus, a state insurance plan. Will the dramatic political shift now underway affect the health system's expansion and other strategies? Modern Healthcare reporters David Barkholz and Maria Castellucci recently spoke with Lassiter about those and other questions. This is an edited transcript.