Good morning, everyone. Not much going on in healthcare policy these days, is there . My name is tovar, im Vice President for Health Policy at the center for American Progress and i have the pleasure of introducing congressman pallone whos been a leader in protecting the integrity of the medicare guarantee and of the medicaid program. Making the nations food system saver, strengthening laws to keep our air and water clean, making health care more affordable and accessible and supporting initiatives that advance and protect public health. Mister pallone is the Ranking Member of the house energy and Commerce Committee which has jurisdiction over issues pertaining to energy, environment, commerce, telecommunication and healthcare. Theres a lot on his plate. From 2060 2014, congressman pallone served as top democrat on the Committee Subcommittee on health and is chairman during the 111th congress, Mister Pallone played a key role in authoring and passing the Affordable Care act so its a go
In the latest efforts to repeal the health care law, this is one hour. Good morning everyone. Not much going on in healthcare policy these days, is there . My name is tovar, im Vice President for Health Policy at the center for American Progress and i have the pleasure of introducing congressman pallone whos been a leader in protecting the integrity of the medicare guarantee and of the medicaid program. Making the nations food system saver, strengthening laws to keep our air and water clean , making health care more affordable and accessible and supporting initiatives that advance and protect public health. Mister pallone is the Ranking Member of the house energy and Commerce Committee which has jurisdiction over issues pertaining to energy, environment, commerce, telecommunication and healthcare. Theres a lot on his plate. From 2060 2014, congressman pallone served as top democrat on the Committee Subcommittee on health and is chairman during the 111th congress , Mister Pallone played
Any matters that would present any potential conflict. Chairman hatch do you know of any person or any reason, personal or otherwise, that would in any way prevent you om honorably discharging the responsibilities to the office to which you have been nominated . Ms. Verma i do not. Chairman hatch do you agree without reservation to respond anyreasonable inquiry reasonable summons to appear and testify before any nor any duel constituted committee of the congress if you are confirmed . Ms. Verma i do not. Chairman hatch you are willing to do that . Ms. Verma i am willing to do that. Chairman hatch ok. Finally, do you commit to provide a prompt response in writing to any questions addressed to you by any senator on this committee . Ms. Verma i do. Chairman hatch thank you. Let me now get into just some questions. I know you are aware of the historic bipartisan medicare access and chip reauthorization called i whats macra. Among other things the law got rid of the dreaded s. G. R. Formula
Any matters that would present any potential conflict. Chairman hatch do you know of any person or any reason, personal or otherwise, that would in any way prevent you om honorably discharging the responsibilities to the office to which you have been nominated . Ms. Verma i do not. Chairman hatch do you agree without reservation to respond anyreasonable inquiry reasonable summons to appear and testify before any nor any duel constituted committee of the congress if you are confirmed . Ms. Verma i do not. Chairman hatch you are willing to do that . Ms. Verma i am willing to do that. Chairman hatch ok. Finally, do you commit to provide a prompt response in writing to any questions addressed to you by any senator on this committee . Ms. Verma i do. Chairman hatch thank you. Let me now get into just some questions. I know you are aware of the historic bipartisan medicare access and chip reauthorization called i whats macra. Among other things the law got rid of the dreaded s. G. R. Formula
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