The Trump appointee who oversees Medicare, Medicaid and Obamacare quietly directed millions of taxpayer dollars in contracts to Republican communications consultants during her tenure atop the agency — including hiring one well-connected GOP media adviser to bolster her public profile.
And whether the issue was Medicare, Medicaid or Obamacare, prior heads of the agency were often quoted, profiled and in the news, so current officials said they’re puzzled why so much work is being outsourced.Get the latest on the health care fight, every weekday morning — in your inbox.By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time.
One subcontract is with Pam Stevens, a longtime GOP media adviser who specializes in setting up profiles of Republican women. A second subcontract is with Marcus Barlow, whom Verma worked with in Indiana and considered hiring as a top communications official in 2017 before he was blocked by the White House.
Hey Joe can’t we take seem at the prison can’t we sue her as American citizens? A civil lawsuit I need my money after all the years I’ve put in work 44 years of it and they keep taken and taken and taken to where we hardly have any ourselves to survive
Hardly a surprise from the most corrupt administration USA has had in modern times
Thives
Swamp
Nothing like surrounding yourself with the 'best people'!
Grifting is Trump's primary talent.
Time for Dems to get serious and tough. Republicans are getting away with murder. Stop the Republican CORRUPTION
No wonder Republicans are so crazy about Trump...they're all feeding at the trough.
CORRUPTION in every corner of this Administration. Someone ...somewhere better be doing some serious oversight ...or we'll find ourselves in a huge financial hole when Trump goes...and he will GO..BELIEVE IT
That blows the calculation of Medicare's administrative costs out of the water. (Usually 2%). This administration is robbing the taxpayer left and right. You thought it was just trips to Mar a Lago, and secret service expenses for food/lodging/golf carts paid directly to trump.
....another for the Inspector General to check into.....these should be routine, and publicly released, audits to ensure contract awards follow procedures, are for legit needs, and not just willy-nilly handouts to friends & family. With this current admin, assume the worst!
and this is not a crime ?
Of course! dumpgop
What a surprise.
Shameful
Trumps puppet he controls everything!
This game never ends well for the last administration, but the press hasn’t caught on STILL that they’re not the only voices.
Just another Creature from the Trump Lagoon. Maybe now those consultants will earn their fees burnishing her tarnished brand. “Help, I’ve got some schmutz on my Verma!”
Trump and his cadre are so corrupt that they’re making swamps seem like clean and delightful in comparison to the sliminess that is the present administration
This is unjust ! Must never happen again !
She's just a bookish nerd who knows more about policy than she does humans. Cut her some slack.
LawBadger Can we end these people already? Thanks.
This should piss everyone off!!!!
Lock Her Up!!!
Indict.
Is there anyone associated with that man that isn’t incompetent?
Well there should be a record of these diversions so that they can be returned to the rightful destinations. The nerve that they do what no one gets around to questioning...too many distractions to focus on the real things that matter.
trump , you and your administration Are the Swamp !!!!!
Another corrupt criminal .
What a bunch of Trump corrupt crooks robbing us blind!
And u said Trump wasnt a politician. Haha
These Trump people are all CROOKS!
Maybe instead just hire people who know what they’re doing & don’t need their image and reputations ‘bolstered’ 🙄
there isn't one R affiliated with DT that is in it for the people. glory of self at tax payers expense
Good
There isn't one R Affiliated with DT that isn't in it for the people. Self glory at tax payers expense
Not reported Dems got millions too. You guys really don’t understand how this works. Every pig regardless of party gets to eat and we get to pay
Much like Rick Scott (who Trump has put in charge of the GOP healthcare 'plan') defrauded Medicare before he became Governor of Florida.
The Swamp seems drained... mind the giant spider though...
Gangster.
Just as Democrats do when they're in office..