Healthcare DIVE November 14, 2024
“Do to others what you would want done to yourself,” Medicaid director Daniel Tsai said Thursday when asked about advice for his replacement in Trump’s HHS.
President-elect Donald Trump has made official his controversial nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the Secretary of Health and Human Services, but has yet to name who will lead the CMS or its Medicare and Medicaid branches.
It could be well into next year before subagency appointees are announced. Still, the current head of Medicaid has a message for his eventual replacement: Treat the massive insurance program with respect.
The Trump administration is widely expected to look for ways look for ways to shrink the healthcare safety net, and Kennedy’s selection as HHS...