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Right now, healthcare is on more minds than ever before and that makes Gail Boudreaux a very important person. As CEO of Elevance Health, she’s running one of the largest and most influential healthcare companies in the U.S. Her office oversees a business with $175 billion in annual revenue, more importantly, it does so while touching tens of millions of Americans through commercial insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, and care-delivery services.
So on the surface, her influence seems to come from sheer scale, but looking closer shows it’s also from very smart strategy. Boudreaux has pushed Elevance beyond traditional insurance into whole-health services, data-driven care models, and national primary-care platforms.
She’s also become a major voice in healthcare policy, testifying before Congress on hospital pricing practices and misuse of the No Surprises Act and its arbitration process.
