I want you to think back to late January, to January 30th, actually.

The United States Senate may be on the eve tonight of deciding whether to call witnesses before deciding President Trump's fate.

Washington was in the middle of impeachment drama. The fight over witnesses was raging.

But just a short drive from the Senate chamber, there was this other thing happening,

something that the Trump administration had wanted for years.

Good morning and welcome.

And thank you, Secretary Azar and Director Grogan for all of your support on this important policy.

This is Seema Verma, the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid.

She oversees the two programs.

And she was there to announce the administration's new health care policy.

The Trump administration's healthy adult opportunity is a groundbreaking new policy that holds the potential to transform

the Medicaid program.

We had reported all the key details of this new policy, the healthy adult opportunity,

in the week leading up to Seema Verma's announcement.

That's Dan Diamond. He covers health care for Politico.

And this new policy that Dan had heard about could fundamentally change how millions of

Americans get their health care.

And I would bet, Lizzie, that listeners either are covered by one of the programs that Seema

Verma runs, like Medicaid or Medicare, where they

know someone who is.

That day, Verma announced something that conservatives have wanted for decades, caps on how

much money states could potentially get for Medicaid.

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