ABC News: Warren, Pressley renew call for trove of national data on race and coronavirus, this time aimed at Medicare
Calls for national data about COVID-19 and race increased this week.
Former 2020 candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren pushed yet again Friday morning for the federal government to shed a light on racial disparities rearing in the battle against coronavirus, this time calling on the head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Seema Verma, whose agency collects data from millions of Americans enrolled in the government-run health care programs.
Verma told reporters at a White House coronavirus task force briefing earlier this week that her agency had data on coronavirus patients, including race, and planned to release that information. Verma didn't provide a timeline and the data has not yet been released.
Warren paired up with Rep. Ayanna Pressley and Sen. Ed Markey, both Democrats from Warren's state of Massachusetts, and called on Verma directly to release the data on Friday.
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By: Cheyenne Haslett
Source: ABC News
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