Trump is set to name Dr Seema Verma for administrator of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
US President-elect Donald Trump is set to name Indiana health policy consultant Seema Verma as his pick for administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, a transition official told Reuters on Monday.
Trump is expected to officially announce his selection of Verma and Republican US Representative Tom Price, an orthopedic surgeon who he will nominate to be secretary of health and human services, casting them as his "dream team" whose job will be to transform the US healthcare system, the official said.
(Reporting by Steve Holland; Writing by Roberta Rampton; Editing by Paul Tait)© Thomson Reuters 2016