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.
Affordable Care Act sign-ups continued surge in Arizona, U.S. in April
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More than 17,000 Arizonans signed up for health insurance during the first two months of a special Affordable Care Act enrollment period this spring, bringing total enrollment in the state to 181,000, the most in three years. In this file photo, Oklahoma Army National Guard Sgt. Jim Croft with a patient during a routine checkup at the Kâima:w Medical Center in Hoopa, Calif., in 2009.
By: Nicole Long, Cronkite News
Posted at 9:37 AM, May 22, 2021
and last updated 2021-05-22 12:39:46-04
PHOENIX â Health care coverage in Arizona under the Affordable Care Act is at its highest level in three years, as enrollment continued to climb in April during a special open enrollment period, according to the latest government data.
The federal agency that regulates nursing homes, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), will require facilities to publicly report covid-19 vaccination rates for staff and residents starting May 21.
Manufacturing Isnât Coming Back. Letâs Improve These Jobs Instead.
Health care workers are crucial to our society, yet we reward them with low wages and dangerous conditions.
By Gabriel Winant
Dr. Winant is the author of âThe Next Shift: The Fall of Industry and the Rise of Health Care in Rust Belt America.â
March 17, 2021
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In Congress and the White House, policymakers are developing a bill that is expected to pour trillions into updating American transit, energy and utility systems. Repairs are certainly necessary, and itâs impossible to overstate the urgency of such a program in terms of the transition to a more sustainable economy.