CMS chief: House GOP Obamacare replacement plan ‘outdated’

Published May 30, 2017 2:47pm ET



Seema Verma, administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, on Tuesday called the House bill to repeal and replace Obamacare “outdated” when asked about how the bill would affect coverage rates.

“What’s more important is what the Senate comes up with and looking at that and the estimates for that,” she said, speaking in a USA Today interview that was livestreamed. “Really the House version something that is outdated at this point.”

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