133 - Andy Slavitt, Biden Covid-19 Advisor and former CMS head on “Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response

A Second Opinion with Senator Bill Frist, M.D.

Today we’re sharing with you a special episode. I recently sat down with Andy Slavitt for Book TV’s After Words program, where we discussed in detail Andy’s new book: Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response. Andy Slavitt is uniquely qualified to tell this story. As the former head of Medicare and Medicaid and one of our nation’s most recognizable and influential voices in healthcare, Andy was working with key players inside and outside of the government throughout the pandemic. Most recently, he served in the Biden Administration as the lead White House advisor on the country's Covid-19 response. You’ll want to hear his incredible insights, the stories he has from the frontlines of the response, and what we need to do to prevent unnecessary loss of life in future health crises. Thanks to C-SPAN’s Book TV for allowing A Second Opinion to share this important content with our listeners. Find more compelling After Words conversations here: https://www.c-span.org/series/?afterWords