Ex-HHS Secretary: How a Small Government Organization Treats Medicare Recipients ‘Like Guinea Pigs’

Feb 10, 2018, 01:10 AM

Understandably, the Trump Administration wants to use every tool at its disposal to improve the lives of Americans. However, as a close observer of the Administration's health care policy and a former Secretary of the Health and Human Services Department (HHS), I'm increasingly concerned that its plans for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), an office created by Obamacare, lack necessary guardrails to ensure against future abuse by the Executive Branch.