Biden's Medicare Pick Would Be 1st Black Woman to Hold Post

Voice of America News is reporting that President Biden has picked Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, a former Obama administration official, to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). If confirmed by the Senate, Brooks-LaSure would hold the distinction of being the first Black woman to run CMS, which has under its umbrella Medicare, Medicaid, children's health insurance, and the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as "Obamacare." The programs cover more than 130 million people, from newborns to assisted living residents. Brooks-LaSure has held health policy jobs at the White House, in Congress, and at CMS. Most recently, she spearheaded the Biden transition's "landing team" for the Department of Health and Human Services.