{"id":4287,"date":"2025-06-02T23:02:20","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T23:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/02\/brad-smith-doge-hhs-profile-stephanie-carlton-cms-interview-elevance-medical-cost-trend-health-care-inc-newsletter\/"},"modified":"2025-06-02T23:02:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T23:02:20","slug":"brad-smith-doge-hhs-profile-stephanie-carlton-cms-interview-elevance-medical-cost-trend-health-care-inc-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/02\/brad-smith-doge-hhs-profile-stephanie-carlton-cms-interview-elevance-medical-cost-trend-health-care-inc-newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"STAT+: What to know about the man who led DOGE\u2019s cost cuts at HHS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Meet Brad Smith, DOGE\u2019s invisible health care czar<\/h2>\n

The Trump administration\u2019s U.S. DOGE Service \u2014 tasked with taking a hatchet to government spending and not looking back \u2014 was headlined by billionaire Elon Musk. But a leading figure within DOGE who just left and has gotten little attention built his entire career in health care: Brad Smith.<\/p>\n

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