
Ep 20: Andy Slavitt on Optum’s Evolution and Lessons from Obamacare and COVID
Vital Signs with Jacob Effron and Nikhil Krishnan
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What Motivated You to Enter Healthcare?
The CEO of Optumworld talks about how he got his start in healthcare. He started a company for people who were underinsured and getting smacked with medical expenses because they were asked to pay a rack rate. After running the health allies business, he moved into corporate life as VP at OptumWorld. And then one day you like made a faithful phone call to Washington and said, boy, you've got a problem with health care down at Gov. Kathleen Sebelius' office. Do you need any help? Three days later, they announced that I was going to leave the turnaround.
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