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Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid

The Health, Medicine and Society Program of the Aspen Institute, in partnership with the LBJ Presidential Library and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, presents an event commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid. 

Featured speakers include:

  • Lynda Johnson Robb, Daughter of President Lyndon Johnson
  • Honorable John Conyers, Jr. (D- MI)
  • Nancy-Ann DeParle, former Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (Clinton Administration)
  • Jeannine English, President, AARP
  • Walter Isaacson, President and CEO, Aspen Institute
  • Jackie Judd, Special Correspondent, PBS NewsHour
  • Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, President and CEO, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  • Honorable Mike Leavitt, 20th Secretary of the Department of 
Health and Human Services, and former Governor of Utah
  • Larry Levinson, Deputy Special Counsel to President Lyndon Johnson
  • Honorable Kathleen Sebelius, 21st Secretary of the Department of
 Health and Human Services, and former Governor of Kansas
  • Bob Schieffer, Chief Washington Correspondent and 
Moderator, Face the Nation, CBS News
  • Mark Updegrove, Director, LBJ Presidential Library
  • Mary Wakefield, Acting Deputy Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services
  • Gail Wilensky, former Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (George H.W. Bush Administration)

The Health, Medicine and Society Program of the Aspen Institute, in partnership with the LBJ Presidential Library and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, presents an event commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid.

Event information
Date
Wed Apr 15, 2015
8:30am - 2:00pm GMT+0000
Location
Sidney Harman Center for the Arts
601 F Street NW
Washington, DC, United States