Nomination of Seema Verma moves to the Senate Floor

The nomination of Seema Verma for Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services was approved in the Senate Finance Committee with a party line vote of 13 to 12; Democrats voting no. Verma, a health care policy consultant was instrumental in designing the Healthy Indiana Plan for Indiana’s Medicaid program. Her nomination now moves to the Senate Floor for a final vote.