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Dem report: Medicare chief used fed money to bolster image

by Associated Press
| September 11, 2020 12:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Private consultants to the federal official who oversees Medicare billed taxpayers almost $6 million in less than two years to bolster her personal image, including efforts to win awards, place her on lists of powerful women and arrange meetings with influential people, a report by congressional Democrats said Thursday.

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