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Aspen Institute
Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid
Note: This is a past event, additional resources may be available below.
Wed Apr 15, 2015
Washington, DC
Date
Wed Apr 15, 2015 4:30am – 10:00am EDT
Location
Washington, DC, United States
Sidney Harman Center for the Arts
601 F Street NW
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.
