Trump's Pick For CMS Chief Designed Indiana Medicaid Expansion; Favors Premiums, HSAs

November 30, 2016 at 9:27 PM
President-elect Donald Trump's choice of health consultant Seema Verma to head CMS would put at the agency's helm a Medicaid-reform expert with deep experience in state health insurance policies. Policies long favored by Republicans, including health savings accounts, limits on non-emergency transport and healthy lifestyle requirements for beneficiaries, are among the state reforms she has helped design through the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion. Some advocates fear as head of the agency -- with Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) as HHS...


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