What is Chiquita Brooks-LaSure?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Chiquita Brooks-LaSure | image = Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, CMS Administrator 2.png | office = Administrator of the [[Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services]] | president = [[Joe Biden]] | term_start = May 27, 2021 | term_end = January 20, 2025 | predecessor = [[Seema Verma]] | successor = [[Mehmet Oz]] ''(nominee)'' | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | party = | education = [[Princeton University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Georgetown University]] ([[Master of Public Policy|MPP]]) }} '''Chiquita Brooks-LaSure''' is an American healthcare policy official and politician. In May 2021, she became the Administrator of the [[Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services]]. ==Career== She began her career as an examiner and lead Medicaid analyst in the [[Office of Management and Budget]]. She also worked as a staffer for Democratic members of the [[United States House Committee on Ways and Means]] before joining the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight. She worked as managing for policy related to the [[Affordable Care Act]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Democrats' Health Care Ambitions Meet The Reality Of Divided Government|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/01/09/683055963/democrats-health-care-ambitions-meet-the-reality-of-divided-government|access-date=2021-02-22|website=NPR.org|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Getting to Know Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Reported Administrator-designate of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services|url=https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/getting-to-know-chiquita-brooks-lasure-1174766/|access-date=2021-02-22|website=JD Supra|language=en}}</ref> Brooks-LaSure became the managing director of the Health Division of national law firm [[Manatt, Phelps & Phillips]]. She also was on the Virginia Health Benefit Exchange Advisory Committee.<ref>{{Cite