General Catalyst Institute March 20, 2025
Foreword
Healthcare in America stands at a crossroads: embrace transformation or protect the status quo. After decades of fragmentation, rising costs, and uneven outcomes, we’re witnessing an unprecedented opportunity to fundamentally reshape the industry through market-driven solutions – powered by applied AI.
General Catalyst has been at the forefront of healthcare innovation, investing in companies that are not merely incrementally improving the system but reimagining it entirely. At the General Catalyst Institute (GCI) a key part of our role is to educate policymakers on the most cutting-edge health tech solutions to help shape effective public policy.
And that’s the point of this report. In it, we discuss priority issue areas ripe for modernization and the need to remove policy blockers...