With the election just weeks away, Hillary Clinton seems certain she’s got the job wrapped up — and her health care team may be already taking shape.

A group of politicians and health officials apparently being considered for her team was cited in an article from Modern Healthcare this week. Democratic political insiders told the publication her top health policy positions may be offered to a diverse group of people — individuals who represent a variety of racial, ethnic, and professional backgrounds.

“These are people who don’t have any innovative ideas on how to meet the challenges ahead,” said one physician.

It appears unlikely, the article states, that current Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell would continue in her role. The list of likely contenders, then, for HHS secretary, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) administrator, and other prominent posts includes former Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear, former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, political activist Neera Tanden, Dr. Atul Gawande, and Dr. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey.

This short list, along with other names allegedly being considered, isn’t one conservatives or a number of health care providers find reassuring — especially when it comes to the Affordable Care Act.

“These aren’t people who are change makers. These are people who have all held important positions and are experienced, but they don’t have any innovative ideas on how to meet the challenges ahead,” said Dr. Ramin Oskoui, a cardiologist in the Washington, D.C., area, and a regular contributor to LifeZette.

“Hillary is calling for a rapid expansion of the ACA. The cost is compounded by expanding the coverage and presumably the tax subsidies to illegal immigrants,” said Oskoui. “The ACA explicitly forbids this, but this is part of Hillary Clinton’s plan. Americans won’t have to imagine even greater rates of taxation. The expansion she plans will necessitate high taxes and employees will experience more wage stagnation as employers struggle pay their share of rising health insurance costs.”

Oskoui added that this new administration would “essentially [offer] Obamacare 2.0 — further expanding coverage paid for by increased taxes, avoiding concerns about costs, and making no meaningful changes as to how we pay for drugs, or what choices Americans have.”

Look at the larger economy, Oskoui noted — and ask yourself how many of those people are getting insurance now that didn’t qualify for insurance before. After pouring billions of dollars into the Affordable Care Act, the exchanges, and electronic health records systems, there are still tens of millions of Americans who remain uninsured — and there are millions of Americans forced to have insurance they don’t want to have.

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“Why should you be forced to buy a Cadillac when all you want is a Prius?” said Oskoui. “You don’t have that choice anymore, and the actual cost of insurance is so much higher. People are clearly rationing the care they get. You don’t disrupt a system for 350 million people to help 10 million. Think about that — because that’s what you’ve done.”

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He added, “We will see the greatest tax increase to pay for this expansion of entitlements. This is how the West collapses. Have we learned nothing from Russia and China? The theory of Karl Marx doesn’t work. Sadly, as Pogo once said, ‘We have met the enemy and it is us.'”

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The Modern Healthcare article went on to state that there is less speculation about Donald Trump’s potential health picks because Clinton has a clear, consistent lead in the polls — and because no one is sure who Trump’s health policy advisers are.