Verma suggests CMS open to states designing own Medicaid programs — 3 insights

CMS Administrator Seema Verma said she is open to states designing their own Medicaid programs during a May 30 USA Today interview reported on by the Washington Examiner.

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Here’s what you should know.

1. Ms. Verma said she is receptive to work requirements, but added they need “appropriate safeguards.”

2. She questioned the Obama administration’s decision to allow low-income people access to Medicaid. On this, Ms. Verma said there should be a private “mechanism” for people in poverty to pay for medical coverage, keeping Medicaid for disabled people and children.

3. Before accepting President Donald Trump’s appointment, Ms. Verma served as a consultant for SVC Inc. Her firm developed Indiana’s Medicaid expansion.

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