Unite with your CMA community to help protect Medicare and improve care across the country!
2025 National Voices of Medicare Summit
Allies. Advocacy. Action.
Wednesday May 14, 2025
In-Person at KFF’s Barbara Jordan Conference Center
in Washington, DC and via Live Webcast
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET: In-Person Networking Lunch
12:00 PM – 4:30 PM ET: Summit Program including Live Webcast
We welcome you to join us for the 12th Annual National Voices of Medicare Summit, uniting leaders in health care advocacy, policymaking, philanthropy, media, and academia. We will explore ways to advance access to comprehensive Medicare coverage, health equity, and quality health care. Drawing inspiration from real-life experiences and stories of beneficiaries and caregivers, we aim to share impactful discussions from the Summit with a broad audience.
Judith Stein, Founder and Senior Advisor of CMA will give the Rockefeller Lecture
Jamila Headley, Executive Director of Be a Hero will receive the Chiplin Social Justice & Advocacy Award
Featured speakers to include: Chiquita Brooks-LaSure (Senior Fellow, The Century Foundation; and former CMS Administrator), Patricia Neuman (Vice President for Medicare, KFF), Ed Weisbart (National Board Secretary and Missouri Chapter Chair, PNHP), Maame Gyamfi (Senior Lead Attorney, AARP Foundation), Sarah Somers (Legal Director, National Health Law Program), Amy Hall (Staff Director, Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives), Lisa Simon (Physician, Brigham & Women’s Hospital; and Harvard Medical School Faculty), Judith Feder (Georgetown Professor and CMA Board President), David Lipschutz (Co-Director, CMA), Scott Perkins (Co-Director, CMA), Ali Bers (Litigation Director, CMA), and Kata Kertesz (Managing Policy Attorney, CMA). Stay tuned for exciting announcements about additional speakers in the coming weeks.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What is the National Voices of Medicare Summit?
A: In 2014, CMA Founder and Senior Advisor Judith Stein created the National Voices of Medicare Summit to present a multifaceted program known for its beneficiary-focused content, the first national conference of its kind. The Summit is widely renowned as a convening of community leaders in advocacy, policy-making, philanthropy, and academia to discuss the best practices, solutions, and opportunities in efforts to advance access to comprehensive Medicare, health equity, and quality health care. All of this is inspired by, and interspersed with, the real experiences and stories of beneficiaries and caretakers.
Past Summits have featured health care and elder justice champions such as former CMS Medicare Director Meena Seshamani, former CMS Administrator Bruce Vladeck, and Medicare Directors Jonathan Blum and Sean Cavanaugh. Representatives Rosa DeLauro, Joe Courtney, and Debbie Dingell; Alfred Chiplin, Ady Barkan, Alex Lawson, Carmen Rhodes, Nicole Jorwic, Sophia Colley, Regina Blye, Rachel Madley, John Marmarou, Scott Bane, Naomi Stanhaus, Nancy-Ann DeParle, Sarita Gupta, Chris Jennings, Khelan Bhatia, Philip Marshall, Topher Spiro, Peter Thomas, Gretchen Jacobson, Frank Lin, Linda Niessen, Ben Wikler, Peter Morley, Melissa Burroughs, Afton Cissell, Jacqueline O. Berkowitz, Catherine Johnson, and Athena Jones.
Q: When is this year’s Summit?
A: The 2025 Summit will be held Wednesday May 14 at KFF’s Barbara Jordan Conference Center in Washington DC and via live webcast.
Q: What is the Rockefeller Lecture?
A: Named in honor Senator Jay Rockefeller in recognition of his years of public service, the Rockefeller Lecture has been the centerpiece of the National Voices of Medicare Summit since its inception. Sen. Rockefeller gave the first Lecture. The lecture provides an opportunity to hear directly from a leading voice in public service with a demonstrated commitment to advancing access to equitable health care and civil rights. Representative John Lewis, Donald Berwick, E.J. Dionne Jr., Judith Feder, Tamera Luzzatto, Wendell Potter, Cathy Hurwit, Ted Kennedy Jr. and Senators Sherrod Brown and Chris Murphy have been Rockefeller Lecturers.
Q: What is the Chiplin Social Justice & Advocacy Award?
A. Alfred J. (Chip) Chiplin, Jr., the long-time managing attorney of CMA’s Washington, DC office, was an admired leader in the elder law, disability and health care rights communities. To honor the memory of Chip’s long-term advocacy and commitment to civility and justice for all members of society, CMA has established this award in his honor. The Alfred J. Chiplin, Jr., Social Justice & Advocacy Award is given annually at the Summit to an individual who works to advance civility in society and social justice for all – as Chip did for decades. Past awardees include Ai-jen Poo, Ben Belton, Wey-Wey Kwok, Josephine Kalipeni, Vanessa Hill, Ashwani Jain and Luke Liss.
Q: Who should be interested in the National Voices of Medicare Summit?
A: Staff and volunteers from local and national health care organizations, advocates, attorneys, beneficiaries, caregivers, health care providers, researchers, policymakers, media, and anyone looking to discuss best practices, solutions, and opportunities to improve the quality of life for members of their community.
Q: How can I participate in the Summit?
A: Everyone in CMA’s community has the opportunity register for free to view the live webcast of the Summit.
With Gratitude to CMA’s Generous 2025 Sponsors
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