STAT Plus: As CAR-T changes lives, Medicare’s top official explains why it’s proving so hard to pay for it

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WASHINGTON — It’s not every day that high-ranking government officials admit they’re struggling, but Seema Verma is owning her failures — at least when it comes to figuring out how to pay for CAR-T.

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