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The health department’s multi-million dollar face lift
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English - July 16, 2020 10:15 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MB - ★★★★ - 364 ratingsDaily News News Politics briefings capitol hill daily news political politico news politics white house policy congress Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Last year, POLITICO broke the story that a top Trump administration
health official — CMS chief Seema Verma — was using tax dollars to hire
GOP consultants to boost her image. Today, the health department's
inspector general released a report confirming the story. POLITICO’s
Adam Cancryn and Dan Diamond explain why the controversy is relevant to
the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Plus, Oklahoma’s governor
tests positive for Covid. And American Airlines is telling 25,000
workers they could lose their jobs.
Adam Cancryn is a health reporter for POLITICO.
Dan Diamond is a health care policy reporter for POLITICO.
Jeremy Siegel is a host for POLITICO Dispatch.
Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.
Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio.
Read more: Inspector general: Medicare chief broke rules on her
publicity contracts
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Last year, POLITICO broke the story that a top Trump administration health official — CMS chief Seema Verma — was using tax dollars to hire GOP consultants to boost her image. Today, the health department's inspector general released a report confirming the story. POLITICO’s Adam Cancryn and Dan Diamond explain why the controversy is relevant to the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Plus, Oklahoma’s governor tests positive for Covid. And American Airlines is telling 25,000 workers they could lose their jobs.
Adam Cancryn is a health reporter for POLITICO.
Dan Diamond is a health care policy reporter for POLITICO.
Jeremy Siegel is a host for POLITICO Dispatch.
Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.
Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio.
Read more: Inspector general: Medicare chief broke rules on her publicity contracts
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