Who is Seema Verma?

Seema Verma is the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which helps administer the Affordable Care Act – the Obama-era law that Verma has advocated for either repealing or scaling back. In late February, Verma was appointed to President Trump’s Coronavirus Task Force, which is headed by Vice President Mike Pence. The vice president announced Verma’s appointment in a Twitter message March 2.