Opinion: STAT+: How Medicaid can innovate in the DOGE era
By fostering innovation, we can uncover new ways to ensure Medicaid fulfills its promise to patients while responsibly addressing the push to reduce spending.
As policymakers in Washington consider large cuts to Medicaid, provider groups, entrepreneurs, technologists, and investors may feel compelled to turn their efforts away from the program.
We believe this would be a profound mistake.
Instead, there is a promising alternative: a path focused on harnessing innovation to transform Medicaid. By fostering collaboration between policymakers, clinicians, and technology leaders, we can uncover new ways to ensure Medicaid fulfills its promise to patients while responsibly addressing the push to reduce health care spending.
