Cornyn Continues Brooks-LaSure Hold As TX GOP Members Blast 1115 Move

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) has not lifted his hold on a floor vote on CMS Administrator-nominee Chiquita Brooks-LaSure’s nomination, an aide to the senator tells Inside Health Policy , as the Biden administration now faces pressure from the GOP Texas delegation to restore the Trump-era's 10-year extension of the state’s 1115 Medicaid waiver. Republican Texas representatives and both the state’s senators sent a letter to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra last Tuesday (April 27) urging him to reinstate the waiver extension...