AHA today voiced support for confirming Biden nominees Andrea Palm as deputy secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and Chiquita Brooks-LaSure as administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Palm served as acting assistant secretary to HHS under the Obama administration. Brooks-LaSure served the Obama administration as deputy director for policy at CMS’ Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight and before that as director of HHS coverage policy.

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