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Senate confirms Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to run health care programs
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Senate confirms Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to run health care programs
AP / Updated: May 26, 2021, 01:07 IST
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WASHINGTON: The Senate on Tuesday confirmed President Joe Biden s pick to run US health insurance programs, putting in place a key player who ll carry out his strategy for expanding affordable coverage and reining in prescription drug costs. Obama-era policy adviser Chiquita Brooks-LaSure will be the first Black person to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, which also administers children s health insurance and the Affordable Care Act. Together, the programs cover more than 130 million people, from newborns to nursing home residents, and play a central role in the nation s health care system.
Chiquita Brooks-LaSure becomes the first Black administrator confirmed to lead Medicare and Medicaid.
Chiquita Brooks-LaSure testified before the Senate Finance Committee during her nomination hearing to be administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in Washington in April.Credit.Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc., via Getty Images
May 25, 2021, 1:10 p.m. ET
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, a former Obama administration health official, to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, one of the most powerful posts at the Department of Health and Human Services. The vote was 55 to 44, with five Republicans joining Democrats to support her confirmation.