TRUMP PRAISES INDOAMERICAN FOR HEALTHCARE

US President Donald Trump has praised Indian-American Seema Verma, head of a powerful federal health care agency, for doing a “wonderful” job in helping him repeal and replace Obamacare.

“Administrator Seema Verma is playing the leading role for us in helping us to repeal and replace Obamacare,” Trump said in his brief remarks as he dropped by the Roosevelt Room of White House where Verma was hosting a listening session on Women in Health care panel.

Verma, in her capacity as administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is the second-highest ranking Indian-American in the Trump administration. Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the United Nations, holds a cabinet rank position in the administration. Verma held the session on the eve of a crucial vote in the House on repeal and replace of Obamacare. Trump described this as a big vote.

“Big vote tomorrow in the House. I want to especially thank Seema, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, (for) a wonderful job she’s doing and definitely a complex job,” said the US President. “But you have it under control, right?” Trump asked Verma

Trump thanked her for hosting the meeting to discuss the vital role of women in health care and the hardships inflicted on them by Obamacare.