Navigating the Affordable Care Act: Successes and Challenges

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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