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Chiquita Brooks-LaSure confirmed to lead Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Senate approves CMS nominee

Chiquita Brooks LaSure The U.S. Senate confirmed President Joe Biden s nominee to lead CMS Tuesday, giving the agency a permanent leader at a key moment for the administration. Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, who worked for the Obama administration and helped implement the Affordable Care Act, will oversee the agency s efforts to expand the healthcare law, set the overall policy agenda for Medicare, Medicaid and the Children s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). The nomination was approved 55-44 with four Republicans voting yes: Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), Susan Collins of Maine, Richard Burr (R-N.C.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska.). Before being nominated to lead CMS, she was a consultant for Manatt Health and previously worked for the House Ways & Means Committee, where she helped draft the ACA.

Senate confirms Biden pick to lead Medicare, Medicaid office

“Senator Cornyn placed the hold after the Biden Administration decided to play political chicken with uninsured Texans’ healthcare,” a Cornyn spokesperson said at the time.  Biden’s CMS argued that the Trump administration did not give the required time for public comment on the waiver. Texas responded to the decision by filing a lawsuit against the Biden administration.  ADVERTISEMENT Brooks-LaSure had not been confirmed when the Medicaid waiver was rescinded, so she had not participated in the decision.   The Senate Finance Committee previously was divided on whether to move her nomination forward to the full Senate, with all Republicans voting against her advancement. But Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer

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