Everything You Need to Know About the Medicaid Debate | Seema Verma

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Dan Crenshaw

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🗓️ 18 June 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Medicaid reform is one of the most complicated and misunderstood policy debates in America today. Luckily, we have Seema Verma to walk us through it. We cover everything you need to know about Medicaid, from its origins and purpose to how it's working today. We also discuss what it will take to build a modern health care system that brings better quality, better outcomes, and lower costs for everyone.

Seema Verma is a national health policy expert that served as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) from 2017 to 2021, the longest tenure in modern history. As the Senate-confirmed head of CMS, Seema oversaw a budget of $1.3 trillion—nearly a third of the Federal budget—and health insurance programs for over 140 million Americans and managed over 6,000 employees.

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0:00.0	We hold these truths to be self-evident.
0:02.0	That all men are created.
0:04.0	As a member of Congress, I get to have a lot of really interesting people in the office.
0:07.2	Experts on what they're talking about.
0:08.8	This is the podcast for insights into the issues.
0:11.6	China, bioterrorism, Medicare for all, in-depth discussions.
0:16.0	Breaking it down into simple terms.
0:18.0	We hold these truths with Dan Crenshaw.
0:24.0	Welcome back everybody, greatest podcast ever.
0:26.8	I am here, very honored to have SEMA Verma with SEMA.
0:30.8	Thank you so much for being on.
0:32.8	My pleasure, thanks for inviting me on the best, best podcast ever.
0:36.8	It is the best. A lot of people say so.
0:40.8	But that's not what we're here to talk about.
0:42.8	We're here to talk about Medicaid.
0:44.8	Mostly, we'll talk about some Medicare too, but I know your expertise is certainly in Medicaid.
0:48.8	And it's a hot topic for a number of reasons.
0:52.8	Let me tell you how to insulate your background and why you are.
0:56.8	Infinitely qualified to be speaking on this subject,
1:00.8	you were the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,
1:06.8	which is CMS, from 2017 to 2021, longest tenure in modern history.
1:10.8	I wonder why you just take the job longer?
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