Government team aims to reinvent Medicare, Medicaid

The New York Times explores the efforts of the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation in a story published April 18. The initiative features 360 people who are focused on changing the country’s largest insurance program.

"I want Medicare to exist not just for my mother, but for me and my kids," said Patrick Conway, a pediatrician who also serves as Medicare's chief medical officer.

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