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Seema Verma

Seema Verma is an American health policy consultant and the current Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, serving in the Trump Administration.

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As we dug into the data, we also found that race and ethnicity are far from the only story, low socio-economic status represents a powerful predictor of complications from #COVID-19.

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Found on FOX News 4 years ago

President Trump took very early actions when it came to nursing homes, we prohibited visitors [ and ] put out guidance to both nursing homes and states.

– Seema Verma

Found on FOX News 4 years ago

We fully appreciate that this measure represents a severe trial for residents of nursing homes and those who love them. But we are doing what we must to protect our vulnerable elderly.

– Seema Verma

Found on CNN 4 years ago

We are taking a big step today to ensure that we are empowering patients with the information they need to make informed health care decisions.

– Seema Verma

Found on CNN 5 years ago

We are not about protecting the status quo when it doesn't work for patients.

– Seema Verma

Found on CNN 5 years ago

We will continue to defend our efforts to give states greater flexibility to help low-income Americans rise out of poverty, we believe, as have numerous past administrations, that states are the laboratories of democracy and we will vigorously support their innovative, state-driven efforts to develop and test reforms that will advance the objectives of the Medicaid program.

– Seema Verma

Found on FOX News 5 years ago

We are conferring with the Department of Justice to chart a path forward.

– Seema Verma

Found on CNN 6 years ago

The Medicaid program was designed for aged or blind or people living with disabilities, pregnant women and children, but now that we've put all these able-bodied individuals (on Medicaid), the program needs to be changed to be more flexible. People that are living in poverty want a pathway out of poverty. They don't want to be in that situation. And so what we're trying to do with the Medicaid program, with allowing states to develop programs that give people an opportunity for job training, for community service … and giving them the skills that they need.

– Seema Verma