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Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Becomes Next CMS Administrator

May 25, 2021 - The Senate has confirmed Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to lead the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) by a vote of 55 to 44. Brooks-LaSure is the first Black woman to lead the agency overseeing Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) since its establishment nearly six decades ago. This is not...

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