Policy and Legislation
Committee members approve to move her nomination to full Senate by one vote.
If adopted, the bill would repeal sections of the ACA that, since 2011, prevented new physician-owned hospitals from participating in Medicare.
Despite a disappointing fourth quarter of 2016, Molina remains a fan of the Affordable Care Act overall and hopes Congress will consult with him and other insurers as it debates the health law's fate.
Democrats say the nominee did not give many specifics in her survey answers.
For some hospitals to survive or break even, it would require Congress to restore billions of dollars in funding that kept hospitals afloat before the 2010 law took effect.
Potential CMS leader says she will work to roll back "harms" created by the Affordable Care Act.
Stephen Lieber interviews former Speaker of the House of Representatives John Boehner (R) and former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell (D) at HIMSS17 on the evolution of the Affordable Care Act.
Critics say even some of the most successful high-risk pools that operated before the advent of Obamacare were very expensive for patients enrolled in the plans, and for the people who subsidized them
Members are expected to support Verma, and if successful, her nomination would go before full Senate.
Pew, Kaiser polls asked people if they approved or disapproved of the healthcare law; Medicaid found to be major driver.