Mark McClellan
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What DOGE could mean for Medicare and Medicaid?
being from low income and maybe historically underserved backgrounds, higher rates of chronic diseases that go along with aging and the risk factors for many conditions like cancer and other health problems that go up with age.
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What DOGE could mean for Medicare and Medicaid?
Well, I totally agree with Kathleen that this is an ongoing battle. So I think that the real question for Doge is can they find a way to get these inappropriate programs out while, by the way, Ari, at the same time, keeping President Trump's promise that he is not going to cut or disrupt Medicare benefits.
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What DOGE could mean for Medicare and Medicaid?
The reason that I'd like to take them at their word, Ari, is that the staff at CMS... CMS, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services oversees these programs. They are in place now. So Dr. Mehmet Oz, Dr. Oz has been nominated to be the next administrator. He's still waiting for a confirmation hearing, so he's not there.
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What DOGE could mean for Medicare and Medicaid?
But in contrast to some of the other public health agencies at HHS, there's a whole team of people who are in politically appointed deputy roles, working with the career staff, who have a lot of experience with CMS and the private sector on working with Medicare and Medicaid programs. The
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What DOGE could mean for Medicare and Medicaid?
CMS team has also brought in some long-experienced career professionals, including people who were there on the career staff working with me, including the new chief operating officer at CMS who has a tremendous amount of nonpartisan experience in finding ways to address fraud, waste, and abuse in Medicare and Medicaid programs.
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What DOGE could mean for Medicare and Medicaid?
I think something distinct is happening here in that, you know, the Doge team, as I understand it, didn't just show up, but is working directly following some of the guidance and the experience of the career staff and the political leadership to find the effective ways of addressing fraud and abuse and hopefully to modernize some of the data systems there too. Kathleen?
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What DOGE could mean for Medicare and Medicaid?
Well, it's less than half of the population, but roughly half and maybe a little bit more of expenditures because the people in these programs have some of the more serious health care needs, higher rates of chronic diseases that go along with