As soon as Seema Verma was sworn in as the new administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, overseeing America's two biggest health programs, she and Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price sent a letter to the nation's 50 state governors promising them new flexibility and freedom in overseeing Medicaid benefits for poor, disabled, and elderly beneficiaries. Buried in the middle of the letter was a more specific suggestion of how to use that freedom. "The best way to improve the long-term health of low-income Americans is to empower them with skills and employment," the letter stated. Verma and Price, the letter went on to say, wanted to “review and approve...
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