CMS won't "waste time" on single-payer, Verma says

By Emily Payne | July 26, 2018 at 10:29 AM

"In essence, Medicare for all would become Medicare for none,” CMS administrator Seema Verma said at a gathering in California this week.

Seema Verma

single-payer health care too flawed flexibility on health care Related: Medicare for All” gets Dem House caucus Xavier Becerra preexisting conditions SB 1108 This story was produced by Kaiser Health News, which publishes California Healthline, an editorially independent service of the California Health Care Foundation.

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