Seema Verma (50) submitted her resignation to President Donald Trump on Thursday (File)
Washington:
Seema Verma, one of the highest-ranking Native Americans in the outgoing Trump administration, resigned from her top health care post, days before Joe Biden’s oath as the next president of the United States.
Me. Verma, 50, on Thursday submitted her resignation to President Donald Trump as administrator of Medicare and Medicaid Services centers, a position she has served in the Trump administration for the past four years. She was one of Trump’s closest confidants on health care issues.
She was also appointed by Trump in May last year as one of the key members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force set up by US President Donald Trump to combat the deadly disease.
“When the Trump administration comes to an end, I have submitted my official resignation and I am preparing to hand over the keys to the next administrator next week,” she said in a tweet on Friday.
In her three-page resignation letter she posted on Twitter, she said: “On the whole, the actions that CMS has taken over the past four years will change a revolution in health care for generations and the health care for every American “Changing patients is a real turning point and will leave a lasting impression on our country.” said while citing the achievements of CMS over the past four years.
Her resignation takes effect on January 20, the day Biden is inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States.
She is the longest serving administrator in the history of CMS.
Ms Verma was born in the United States. But her parents migrated from Punjab to the US. Her husband, also a doctor, comes from Patna, Bihar.
She said that CMS never wavered in its eagerness to challenge a failed status quo, and that the government had a culture of problem-solving enough from the start.
‘This culture has enabled me to think creatively and to act boldly in shaping the agency’s agenda, confident that no good idea will be put off because it upsets the apple cart or the wrong interest group unfortunately. make.
“To our country’s lasting benefit, you have never wavered in this determination to reorient the healthcare system to those who have always had to be the focus: patients,” she said.
Ms Verma visited India a few years ago.
“It was very important for me to share India with my children as well. I wanted them to see where they came from and meet many of their family members,” she said, adding that modern communication tools reduce distances. has. .
“In the past we tried to go during the summer, with the years it gets harder and harder, but we are very much appreciated that technology has made it much easier,” she said in an interview with PTI in June 2019 .
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