Health Affairs January 13, 2025
Editor’s Note
As we near the turnover of administrations, Health Affairs Forefront offers a series of articles from leaders at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services providing their thoughts on the major achievements of the last four years, remaining challenges, and lessons learned. Previously, CMS Administrator Chicquita Brooks-LaSure reflected on her tenure and leaders of the Medicare program offered their thoughts. Today, leaders of the Medicaid program speak. Articles focusing on the Marketplaces and the Innovation Center will follow.
In January 2021, the Biden-Harris Administration made a commitment to expand affordable, quality health care coverage in the United States. Thanks to these efforts, more people have health coverage than at any point in the country’s history. A core...