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'''Andrew M. Slavitt''' is an American businessman who served as was administrator of the [[Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services]] from March 2015 to January 2017 and as a temporary Senior Advisor to the COVID-19 Response Coordinator in the [[Biden administration]].<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/09/andy-slavitt-steps-down-covid-19-response-role-492572</ref>
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'''Andrew M. Slavitt''' is an American deep state operative, "health care entrepreneur" and pharma lobbyist who was administrator of the [[Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services]] from March 2015 to January 2017. He became Senior Advisor to the COVID-19 Response Coordinator in the [[Biden administration]] in January 2021<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/09/andy-slavitt-steps-down-covid-19-response-role-492572</ref>, where he became instrumental in implementing [[censorship]] and preparing [[jab mandates]].
  
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==Education==
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Oh Jewish heritage, Slavitt is the son of Earl Benton Slavitt, a [[Chicago]] attorney.<ref name=Earl>https://legacy.suntimes.com/us/obituaries/chicagosuntimes/name/earl-slavitt-obituary?pid=1624626</ref> He is a graduate of both The College of Arts and Sciences and the [[Wharton School]] at the [[University of Pennsylvania]] in 1988. He received an MBA from the [[Harvard Business School]] in 1993.<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-healthcare-ceo-idUSKBN0EV1T820140620</ref>
  
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==Early Career==
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Slavitt's career was initially in investment banking at [[Goldman Sachs]]. After receiving his MBA, he joined [[McKinsey & Company]] as a consultant.<ref>http://www.hmenews.com/article/obama-makes-his-pick-cms-administrator</ref>
  
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In 1999, Slavitt founded the "[[healthcare]]" company [[HealthAllies]].<ref>https://www.statnews.com/2017/05/25/andy-slavitt-aca-town-halls/</ref>, where he was CEO until 2003, when the company was acquired by UnitedHealth Group. After that, he became CEO of OptumInsight and the group executive vice president for Optum, both subsidiaries of UnitedHealth Group.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/21/us/health-site-is-changing-supervision.html?_r=0</ref><ref>http://www.startribune.com/optum-executive-takes-federal-appointment/264001681/</ref> In February 2008, Optum, then named Ingenix, was the center of an investigation by New York State Attorney General [[Andrew Cuomo]] into a scheme by health insurers to defraud consumers by manipulating reimbursement rates. On January 13, 2009, Ingenix announced an agreement with the New York State attorney settling the probe into the independence of the health pricing database. Under the settlement, UnitedHealth Group and Ingenix would pay $50 million. On January 15, 2009, UnitedHealth Group announced a $350 million settlement of three class action lawsuits filed in federal court by the [[American Medical Association]], UnitedHealth Group members, healthcare providers, and state medical societies for not paying out-of-network benefits.
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At a May 2021 White House briefing, Slavitt revealed that his teenage son Zach continued to suffer serious lingering medical effects, according the [[official narrative|official medical narrative]] from an earlier bout of COVID-19. He cited symptoms including tachycardia, shortness of breath, and flu-like symptoms while urging Americans with families to [[Covid jab|vaccinate]] their children aged 12 to 15 as soon as possible.<ref>https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-adviser-reveals-sons-covid-fight-persuade-young/story?id=77761001</ref>
 
  
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==Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services==
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Optum, where Slavitt was working as executive vice president, was hired by the [[Obama administration]] to lead turnaround efforts for the [[Obamacare]] exchange website Healthcare.gov. In 2014, Health and Human Services Secretary [[Sylvia Burwell]] named Slavitt to a newly created second-in-command position at the [[Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services]] (CMS) titled Principal Deputy Administrator that would allow him to continue to work on Healthcare.gov remedies and other programs from within the government as well as giving him authority over policy and coordination between the agency’s programs.<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-healthcare-ceo-idUSKBN0EV1T820140620</ref> His leaving the private sector and joining CMS reportedly caused him to net $2 million from the sale of his UnitedHealth stock.<ref>https://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2017/03/andy-slavitt-already-saved-obamacare-once-can-he-do-it-again/</ref>
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In 2015, CMS administrator [[Marilyn Tavenner]] resigned from her position, and Slavitt was elevated to become Acting Administrator of CMS. Slavitt was later nominated by President Barack Obama to be CMS Administrator, but his nomination was never confirmed by the [[U.S. Senate]]. Slavitt led the agency in an acting capacity from [[2015]] until the Obama administration ended in [[2017]].
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==Big Pharma shill==
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In 2017 Slavitt was the organizer of a number of town hall meetings in [[Republican]]-held Congress seats to put pressure on the congressmen, to hinder the repeal of a "[[healthcare]]" law<ref>https://www.statnews.com/2017/05/25/andy-slavitt-aca-town-halls/</ref>. Who paid him for this work was not disclosed. In 2018 he became chair of the pharma front group [[United States of Care]].<ref>https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/andy-slavitt-town-hall-ventures/523118/</ref> He bragged to the ''[[New York Times]]'' that {{QB|If you give me 15 minutes, I can create a common bond around a story of the health care system with almost any American.<ref>https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/former-white-house-covid-advisor-shares-advice-on-effective-public-health-communication/</ref>}}
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==Covid narrative manager==
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Slavitt was early promoted in [[corporate media]]. On February 25, 2020, Slavitt appeared as a guest on ''[[Hardball with Chris Matthews]]'' to spread fear of a virus.<ref>http://www.msnbc.com/transcripts/hardball/2020-02-25-0</ref> Two weeks later, on March 7, Slavitt published an open letter to American governors on ''[[Medium]]'' detailing a potential shortage of hospital beds and [[ventilators]] due to COVID-19's rapid spread.<ref>https://coronavirus.medium.com/covid-19-march-14-update-281599207ba8</ref> On March 18, he was one of the creators of a "stay at home" campaign, sending a letter to all 50 governors and the country's top 50 mayors, calling for [[lockdowns]], "[[PCR|testing]]" and other measures, asking the governors to "reevaluate any regulations that impede" this.<ref>https://coronavirus.medium.com/stay-home-save-lives-e934b789d6a0</ref> In an April 20, 2020 interview with the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'', Slavitt told of the challenges of pursuing a "bipartisan approach".<ref>https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-ent-coronavirus-slavitt-obama-health-expert-20200420-75i7kxm5kfeb3mz7lptiry6zvm-story.html</ref>
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In October 2020, he pushed for universal [[face mask|mask-wearing]] and a near total lockdown of close to 90% of the population<ref>https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2020/10/02/stopping-covid-19-andy-slavitt</ref>
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==Biden administration==
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In January 2021, it was announced that Slavitt would be named a temporary senior advisory position on COVID-19 in the [[Biden administration]].<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/14/politics/andy-slavitt-biden-covid-team/index.html</ref><ref>https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/14/biden-senior-covid-advisor-andy-slavitt-says-he-will-leave-white-house-in-early-june.html</ref>
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In April 2021, [[Facebook]] president of global affairs [[Nick Clegg]] told colleagues that Andy Slavitt, was "outraged – not too strong a word to describe his reaction – that we did not remove" certain top-ranked post related to the vaccines. In another case, Facebook caved to the White House's push to censor a [[Tucker Carlson]] video related to Covid by agreeing to limit its reach by 50% — even though the company’s internal review determined the video didn’t violate its policies.<ref>https://nypost.com/2024/08/27/business/facebook-posts-censored-at-biden-admins-demand-include-covid-19-memes-satire/</ref>
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In addition to pressuring [[social media platforms]] to censor content, Slavitt asked in a March 2, 2021, email to [[Amazon]] who the White House could talk to about "the high levels of propaganda and [[misinformation]] and [[disinformation]]" on Amazon's online bookstore.<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/09/andy-slavitt-steps-down-covid-19-response-role-492572</ref>
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Slavitt stepped down from his White House role on June 9, 2021.<ref>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/557590-slavitt-steps-down-as-white-house-coronavirus-response-coordinator</ref><ref>https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/09/andy-slavitt-steps-down-covid-19-response-role-492572</ref>
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In December 2021, the ''[[Washington Post]]'' published his demand for a mandatory "booster" jab for participation in society.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/21/its-time-start-requiring-booster-shots/</ref>
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==Handler of Tim Walz?==
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Slavitt, who later became a senior "[[healthcare]]" advisor in the Joe Biden administration was among Walz' top advisers during the early implementation of [[Covid]] in 2020. An October 2020 profile of Slavitt called him a "a friend and trusted adviser" to the governor.<ref>https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-s-andy-slavitt-an-influential-voice-on-covid-19/572690402</ref> At the time, Slavitt was among the loudest and most aggressive pro-lockdown advocates on Twitter and in [[corporate media]].<ref>https://x.com/ASlavitt/status/1287524301499965441</ref>
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==Family victim==
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At a May 2021 White House briefing, Slavitt revealed that his teenage son Zach continued to suffer serious lingering medical effects, according the [[official narrative|official medical narrative]] from an earlier bout of COVID-19. He cited symptoms including tachycardia, shortness of breath, and flu-like symptoms while urging Americans with families to jab their children aged 12 to 15 as soon as possible.<ref>https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-adviser-reveals-sons-covid-fight-persuade-young/story?id=77761001</ref>
  
  
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Person.png Andy Slavitt   InfluencewatchRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(businessman, deep state operative, handler?)
Andy Slavitt official portrait.jpg
Born1966
NationalityUS
EthnicityJewish
Alma materUniversity of Pennsylvania, Wharton School, Harvard University
Interests • McKinsey & Company
• Goldman Sachs
American deep state operative, "health care entrepreneur" and pharma lobbyist who became Senior Advisor to the COVID-19 Response Coordinator in the Biden administration in January 2021.

Andrew M. Slavitt is an American deep state operative, "health care entrepreneur" and pharma lobbyist who was administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services from March 2015 to January 2017. He became Senior Advisor to the COVID-19 Response Coordinator in the Biden administration in January 2021[1], where he became instrumental in implementing censorship and preparing jab mandates.

Education

Oh Jewish heritage, Slavitt is the son of Earl Benton Slavitt, a Chicago attorney.[2] He is a graduate of both The College of Arts and Sciences and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1988. He received an MBA from the Harvard Business School in 1993.[3]

Early Career

Slavitt's career was initially in investment banking at Goldman Sachs. After receiving his MBA, he joined McKinsey & Company as a consultant.[4]

In 1999, Slavitt founded the "healthcare" company HealthAllies.[5], where he was CEO until 2003, when the company was acquired by UnitedHealth Group. After that, he became CEO of OptumInsight and the group executive vice president for Optum, both subsidiaries of UnitedHealth Group.[6][7] In February 2008, Optum, then named Ingenix, was the center of an investigation by New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo into a scheme by health insurers to defraud consumers by manipulating reimbursement rates. On January 13, 2009, Ingenix announced an agreement with the New York State attorney settling the probe into the independence of the health pricing database. Under the settlement, UnitedHealth Group and Ingenix would pay $50 million. On January 15, 2009, UnitedHealth Group announced a $350 million settlement of three class action lawsuits filed in federal court by the American Medical Association, UnitedHealth Group members, healthcare providers, and state medical societies for not paying out-of-network benefits.

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Optum, where Slavitt was working as executive vice president, was hired by the Obama administration to lead turnaround efforts for the Obamacare exchange website Healthcare.gov. In 2014, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell named Slavitt to a newly created second-in-command position at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) titled Principal Deputy Administrator that would allow him to continue to work on Healthcare.gov remedies and other programs from within the government as well as giving him authority over policy and coordination between the agency’s programs.[8] His leaving the private sector and joining CMS reportedly caused him to net $2 million from the sale of his UnitedHealth stock.[9]

In 2015, CMS administrator Marilyn Tavenner resigned from her position, and Slavitt was elevated to become Acting Administrator of CMS. Slavitt was later nominated by President Barack Obama to be CMS Administrator, but his nomination was never confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Slavitt led the agency in an acting capacity from 2015 until the Obama administration ended in 2017.

Big Pharma shill

In 2017 Slavitt was the organizer of a number of town hall meetings in Republican-held Congress seats to put pressure on the congressmen, to hinder the repeal of a "healthcare" law[10]. Who paid him for this work was not disclosed. In 2018 he became chair of the pharma front group United States of Care.[11] He bragged to the New York Times that

If you give me 15 minutes, I can create a common bond around a story of the health care system with almost any American.[12]

Covid narrative manager

Slavitt was early promoted in corporate media. On February 25, 2020, Slavitt appeared as a guest on Hardball with Chris Matthews to spread fear of a virus.[13] Two weeks later, on March 7, Slavitt published an open letter to American governors on Medium detailing a potential shortage of hospital beds and ventilators due to COVID-19's rapid spread.[14] On March 18, he was one of the creators of a "stay at home" campaign, sending a letter to all 50 governors and the country's top 50 mayors, calling for lockdowns, "testing" and other measures, asking the governors to "reevaluate any regulations that impede" this.[15] In an April 20, 2020 interview with the Chicago Tribune, Slavitt told of the challenges of pursuing a "bipartisan approach".[16]

In October 2020, he pushed for universal mask-wearing and a near total lockdown of close to 90% of the population[17]

Biden administration

In January 2021, it was announced that Slavitt would be named a temporary senior advisory position on COVID-19 in the Biden administration.[18][19]

In April 2021, Facebook president of global affairs Nick Clegg told colleagues that Andy Slavitt, was "outraged – not too strong a word to describe his reaction – that we did not remove" certain top-ranked post related to the vaccines. In another case, Facebook caved to the White House's push to censor a Tucker Carlson video related to Covid by agreeing to limit its reach by 50% — even though the company’s internal review determined the video didn’t violate its policies.[20]

In addition to pressuring social media platforms to censor content, Slavitt asked in a March 2, 2021, email to Amazon who the White House could talk to about "the high levels of propaganda and misinformation and disinformation" on Amazon's online bookstore.[21]

Slavitt stepped down from his White House role on June 9, 2021.[22][23]

In December 2021, the Washington Post published his demand for a mandatory "booster" jab for participation in society.[24]

Handler of Tim Walz?

Slavitt, who later became a senior "healthcare" advisor in the Joe Biden administration was among Walz' top advisers during the early implementation of Covid in 2020. An October 2020 profile of Slavitt called him a "a friend and trusted adviser" to the governor.[25] At the time, Slavitt was among the loudest and most aggressive pro-lockdown advocates on Twitter and in corporate media.[26]

Family victim

At a May 2021 White House briefing, Slavitt revealed that his teenage son Zach continued to suffer serious lingering medical effects, according the official medical narrative from an earlier bout of COVID-19. He cited symptoms including tachycardia, shortness of breath, and flu-like symptoms while urging Americans with families to jab their children aged 12 to 15 as soon as possible.[27]



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References

  1. ↑ https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/09/andy-slavitt-steps-down-covid-19-response-role-492572
  2. ↑ https://legacy.suntimes.com/us/obituaries/chicagosuntimes/name/earl-slavitt-obituary?pid=1624626
  3. ↑ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-healthcare-ceo-idUSKBN0EV1T820140620
  4. ↑ http://www.hmenews.com/article/obama-makes-his-pick-cms-administrator
  5. ↑ https://www.statnews.com/2017/05/25/andy-slavitt-aca-town-halls/
  6. ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/21/us/health-site-is-changing-supervision.html?_r=0
  7. ↑ http://www.startribune.com/optum-executive-takes-federal-appointment/264001681/
  8. ↑ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-healthcare-ceo-idUSKBN0EV1T820140620
  9. ↑ https://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2017/03/andy-slavitt-already-saved-obamacare-once-can-he-do-it-again/
  10. ↑ https://www.statnews.com/2017/05/25/andy-slavitt-aca-town-halls/
  11. ↑ https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/andy-slavitt-town-hall-ventures/523118/
  12. ↑ https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/former-white-house-covid-advisor-shares-advice-on-effective-public-health-communication/
  13. ↑ http://www.msnbc.com/transcripts/hardball/2020-02-25-0
  14. ↑ https://coronavirus.medium.com/covid-19-march-14-update-281599207ba8
  15. ↑ https://coronavirus.medium.com/stay-home-save-lives-e934b789d6a0
  16. ↑ https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-ent-coronavirus-slavitt-obama-health-expert-20200420-75i7kxm5kfeb3mz7lptiry6zvm-story.html
  17. ↑ https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2020/10/02/stopping-covid-19-andy-slavitt
  18. ↑ https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/14/politics/andy-slavitt-biden-covid-team/index.html
  19. ↑ https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/14/biden-senior-covid-advisor-andy-slavitt-says-he-will-leave-white-house-in-early-june.html
  20. ↑ https://nypost.com/2024/08/27/business/facebook-posts-censored-at-biden-admins-demand-include-covid-19-memes-satire/
  21. ↑ https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/09/andy-slavitt-steps-down-covid-19-response-role-492572
  22. ↑ https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/557590-slavitt-steps-down-as-white-house-coronavirus-response-coordinator
  23. ↑ https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/09/andy-slavitt-steps-down-covid-19-response-role-492572
  24. ↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/21/its-time-start-requiring-booster-shots/
  25. ↑ https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-s-andy-slavitt-an-influential-voice-on-covid-19/572690402
  26. ↑ https://x.com/ASlavitt/status/1287524301499965441
  27. ↑ https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-adviser-reveals-sons-covid-fight-persuade-young/story?id=77761001
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