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Veronica Escobar: “The center for Medicare and Medicaid Services has coupled…”

Featuring: Veronica Escobar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 16

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Rep. Escobar Offers Amendment to Improve Access to Health Care for El Paso

Published | Video Starts at 01:17

This presents a challenge to states and districts like mine that have seen their populations increase over the past decade. The center for Medicare and Medicaid Services has coupled deep cuts with a rule overturning a requirement for navigator programs to train their assisters to help individuals with chronic illnesses and limited English proficiency. While the Trump administration claims this will give navigators more flexibility to tailor their training for the populations they serve, it is really another attempt to scale back what has proven to be a successful program. (01:17–01:33)

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Asserts that a rule requiring training for assisters was overturned by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

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