Price, Verma Brief House GOP On Administrative Changes To Medicaid

CMS Administrator Seema Verma accompanied HHS Secretary Tom Price to a meeting with Republican lawmakers Friday morning (March 17) to explain changes the administration plans to make to Medicaid without the help of Congress. Following the meeting, Republicans responded to questions about the timing of a floor vote, vote counts and changes to the legislative package that they’re entertaining, but Rep. Diane Black (R-TN) said the meeting focused on “phase two” of the GOP’s health care overhaul, which represents what...