The president s nominee for the next administrator for centers for medicare and Medicaid Services said all options should be considered to improve Program Quality and financial stability. Seema verma testified in a three our confirmation hearing yesterday. [inaudible conversations] the committee will come order. I would like to welcome everyone to this mornings hearing. Today we consider the nomination of seema verma to Service Administrator of the centers for medicaid, medicare and Medicaid Services. We are so happy to have you here and your family too. Appreciate your willingness to meet at the agency on this article time. I see your family has joined you today to lend support so i extend a warm welcome to all of you and them as well. Cms is the Worlds Largest Health Insurer covering over one third of the Us Population through medicare and medicaid alone. It has a budget of over 1 trillion and processes over 1. 2 billion a year for Services Provided to some of our nations most vulner
The committee will come to order. Id like to welcome everyone to this morning steering and today were going to consider the nomination of seema verma to serve as administrator of the centers for medicare and medicaid services. Welcome, ms. Verma, to the we are so happy to have you here and your family as well. I appreciate your willingness to lead this key agency at this critical time. I see that your family has joined you here today to lend support. I extend a warm welcome to all of them and to you as well. Cms is the Worlds Largest health insurer, covering over onethird of the u. S. Population through medicare and medicaid alone. It has a budget of over one trillion dollars and it processes over 1. 2 billion claims a year for Services Provided to some of our nations most vulnerable citizens. Ms. Verma, having dealt with cms extensively in your capacity as a consultant to numerous state Medicaid Programs, you know full well the challenges the agency deals with on daily basis. I suspec
Rate has fallen dramatically here and across the country. What is the situation here in washington and how close are you to reaching the goal . Were delighted the teen preg nanny rate is at the lowest level in years, 49. 4 pregnancies per 1,000 girls 15 to 19 well on the way to reaching the captain. Double dinl pregnancy rate isnt good enough for the capital and we would like to reduce teen pregnancy even more. What do you think has been the key in getting the numbers down as far as they are. I think krishna and aurora and other organizations in the city have worked together. Weve had the goal of cutting in half together. Weve worked with researchbased interventions. Weve engaged parents. Were talking to the media like were talking to you now. Weve listened to teens so we could continued find out whats important to them about making the decisions whether or not to have sex. Aerror ark, what did they say is the biggest factor to them. Teens need access to resources. They make the decisi
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