STATNEWS: Biden to nominate Brooks-LaSure to oversee CMS

[SheltieLover]

https://www.statnews.com/2021/02/17/biden-to-nominate-brooks-lasure-to-oversee-cms/

WASHINGTON — President Biden plans to nominate Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, a health policy consultant and veteran Democratic aide, as administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, according to three sources familiar with the decision.

If confirmed by the Senate, Brooks-LaSure, whose nomination was first reported by the Washington Post, would wield substantial power both over the trillion-dollar safety-net health agency and government health care more broadly. But it remains to be seen how much leeway she and her deputies would have to push large-scale reforms.

Brooks-Lasure would also inherit an agency dogged by countless controversies during the Trump administration. Many centered on the former CMS administrator, Seema Verma, who pursued policies that transformed the agency’s mission and repeatedly landed it in court.

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[Wounded Bear]

1. This shit writes itself...What's his name put someone named Seemore Vermin in charge...

of an important government agency?

[SheltieLover]

2. Like a Hiaasen novel

[MyOwnPeace]

3. "Only the best!" - remember?

[Tanuki]

4. Her name was actually the least objectionable thing about her.

https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/blog/7-reasons-why-seema-verma-is-the-actual-worst-2

...'Seeman Verma is one of many Trump-Pence officials whose experience comes mostly from dismantling the very programs that she was appointed by the president to run. A wealthy corporate health care consultant who made millions of dollars helping former Indiana Governor Mike Pence dismantle Medicaid in the state, Verma has led the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) nationwide since 2017.

At CMS, Verma’s top priority seems to be the opposite of the agency’s responsibility to provide access to quality and affordable health care. Instead, Verma appears obsessed with taking affordable health care coverage away from people with low incomes, while acting as if she’s doing them a favor.

At the same time, Verma has racked up a reputation for using taxpayer funds to pay for expensive things that benefit her — like public-image consulting and reimbursement for outrageously expensive jewelry stolen on a business trip.

We could write pages on how hypocritical Verma is and how dangerous her policies are. But we’ll distill it to the seven worst things that she’s done to attack people’s health care..." (more at link)

[Wounded Bear]

5. I would expect nothing less from what's his name...