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Conversations on HC: Seema Verma on Expansion of Telehealth, COVID-19 Vaccine and More

Published: Oct. 1, 2020, midnight

Hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter welcome Seema Verma, Administrator for CMS under the Trump administration, a trillion dollar-a-year agency providing health coverage for 130 million vulnerable Americans on Medicaid and Seniors on Medicare. She discusses the agency’s dramatic transformation in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including hundreds of waivers lifting restrictions for providers across the country, a swift expansion of telehealth adoption, and Operation Warp Speed’s quest to provide a safe and efficacious vaccine for widespread distribution, once it is approved. She also addresses recent allegations around agency spending questions.

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