CMS Administrator Seema Verma has taken to cable news in the wake of President Donald Trump’s Aug. 3 executive order for Medicare to expand telehealth coverage during the pandemic and make much of it permanent afterward.
Interviewed on Fox News Channel, Verma said the move is “going to be a tremendous boon for people living in rural areas but also for the entire country.”
From there anchor Bret Baier shifted the discussion to talk about a possible comprehensive healthcare plan coming from the White House.
Baier: “You’re convinced this [upcoming] executive order, whatever it looks like, is going to be sweeping” in its scope?
Verma: “You’ve already seen the President’s actions. There’s been an enormous number of executive actions, whether on kidney health, on price transparency, on Medicare. And every time he’s signed an executive order, you’ve seen the agency deliver action and deliver real results for the American people.”
Click here to watch the 4-minute interview and here for a fact sheet on the Aug. 3 executive order.
Dave P. has worked in journalism, marketing and public relations for more than 30 years, frequently concentrating on hospitals, healthcare technology and Catholic communications. He has also specialized in fundraising communications, ghostwriting for CEOs of local, national and global charities, nonprofits and foundations.