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Fixing What's Broken | Founding General Partner of Town Hall Ventures Andy Slavitt
Description
In this episode, Steve Kraus interviews Andy Slavitt, General Partner at Town Hall Ventures and former CMS and UnitedHealth Group executive. We look back on his career-long mission to fix American healthcare's biggest challenges, encompassing roles in insurance, government, healthcare startups, and venture capital.
We cover:
- The high-stakes mission to rescue Healthcare.gov and implement the Affordable Care Act
- His unexpected transition from entrepreneur to executive at UnitedHealth Group
- His tenure as the head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
- The promise and hurdles of value-based care
- Why healthcare is slow to adopt technological innovations
- Navigating healthcare policy across changing political landscapes
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