Using liveaturban. We welcome you to ask questions. Well make a point to use these questions and comments in the q and a portion of the program. Im excited to be joining the Tax Policy Center and i thank you for joining us today to grapple with important issues surrounding our states fiscal issues. The panel the examine opportunities governors and legislators will face and the decisions theyll face as they pass new budgets. The budget this year the budget process this year appears to be exceptionally challenging given the understanding of what federal policy will look like in a wide range of areas. As the new Administration Stands up and new policies are shaped, its important to recall that many programs being discussed are implemented at the state and local level. Educating our children, building roads is done by state and local governments with federal funds paying for about onethird of state expenditures. The federal government effects the overall agenda. Independent of expected fed
Serve as administrator of the centers for medicaid, medicare and Medicaid Services. Welcome, miss verma. Were so happy to have you here and your family as well. I appreciate your willingness to lead this key agency at this critical time. And i see that your family is joining us here today to lend support. So i extend a warm welcome to all of you and to them as well. Cms is the Worlds Largest health insurer, covering over 1 3 of the u. S. Population through medicare and medicaid alone. It has a budget of over 1 trillion, and it processes over 1. 2 billion claims a year for Services Provided to some of our nations most vulnerable citizens. Miss 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 a daily basis. And i suspect you also know that the job youve been nominated for is a thankless one, fraught with numerous challenges. The good news is there are opportunities in t
Serve as administrator of the centers for medicaid, medicare and Medicaid Services. Welcome, miss verma. Were so happy to have you here and your family as well. I appreciate your willingness to lead this key agency at this critical time. And i see that your family is joining us here today to lend support. So i extend a warm welcome to all of you and to them as well. Cms is the Worlds Largest health insurer, covering over 1 3 of the u. S. Population through medicare and medicaid alone. It has a budget of over 1 trillion, and it processes over 1. 2 billion claims a year for Services Provided to some of our nations most vulnerable citizens. Miss 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 a daily basis. And i suspect you also know that the job youve been nominated for is a thankless one, fraught with numerous challenges. The good news is there are opportunities in t
The committee will come to order. Id like to welcome everyone to the this mornings hearing. Today we consider the nomination of sima vermia to serve as administrator for the centers for medicaid and mediCare Services. Welcome. Were so happy to have you here and your family as well. I appreciate your willingness to lead this key agency at this critical time. And i see that your family joined you here today to lend support, so i extend a warm welcome to all of you and to them as well. Cms is the Worlds Largest health insurer. Covering over one third of the u. S. Population through medicare and medicaid alone. It has a budget of over 1 trillion and it processes over 1. 2 billion claims a year for Services Provided to some of our nations most vulnerable citizens. Having dealt with cms extensively in your capacity as a consultant to numerous state and Medicaid Programs, you know full well the challenges the agency deals with on a daily basis. I suspect you also know that the job youve been
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