Becker's Healthcare July 22, 2019
Emily Rappleye

CMS Administrator Seema Verma believes “Medicare for All” and public option healthcare plans presented by Democrats are “equally dangerous” for the American healthcare system, she said July 22 at a summit in Washington, D.C., for Medicare Advantage.

“As head of the nation’s largest insurer — Medicare, Medicaid, and the Obamacare exchanges — I see the day-to-day challenges of government-run programs, and am deeply concerned about the proposals we have seen to upend healthcare in America, particularly Medicare for All and the public option. These proposals are the largest threats to the American healthcare system,” Ms. Verma said in prepared remarks.

She called both plans...

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