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Seema Verma under fire for allegedly spending millions on outside GOP consultants

Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr., a Democrat from New Jersey, has called for an investigation of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma’s alleged practice of quietly directing millions of dollars in contracts to Republican communications consultants. Pallone said he intends to ask the Office of the Inspector General to begin… Read More »

Insurer group urges CMS Administrator Seema Verma to reconsider pass-through funding for non-ACA plans

America’s Health Insurance Plans is urging Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma to prevent subsidies from being used to purchase plans that are not compliant with the Affordable Care Act. In a December 20 letter to Verma, AHIP said CMS’s October proposal to offer new flexibility through ACA waivers would destabilize the… Read More »