Healthcare Policy Leader & Entrepreneur; Former Acting Administrator at CMS; Author of "Preventable"

Pasadena, CA, USA
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Andy Slavitt Biography

Andy Slavitt is a healthcare leader with a career spanning entrepreneurship, executive leadership, and senior government service. Slavitt began his professional life as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs before moving to strategy consulting at McKinsey & Company. Motivated by the death of a close college friend from a brain tumor, Slavitt founded the healthcare company HealthAllies, focusing on making care more accessible and affordable. After HealthAllies was acquired by UnitedHealth Group, he served as CEO of its OptumInsight subsidiary and group executive vice president for Optum, overseeing the company's growth to $35 billion in revenues.

Slavitt transitioned to public service as a leader of the team that helped repair the healthcare.gov website after its initial rollout. He was nominated by President Barack Obama to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), serving as acting administrator. At CMS, Slavitt led the shift to pay-for-value payment models, implemented the bipartisan MACRA legislation, and oversaw the Affordable Care Act. He directed programs providing access to healthcare for 140 million Americans, including Medicaid, Medicare, the Children's Health Insurance Program, and the Health Insurance Marketplace. During his tenure, approximately 20 million people obtained health insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act, and the rate of uninsured Americans fell to an all-time low.

Slavitt received the Dr. Nathan Davis Award for Outstanding Government Service from the American Medical Association for his contributions to health policy. He is a Distinguished Health Policy Fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Slavitt served as President Joe Biden's White House senior advisor for the COVID response. He chronicled his experiences in the book "Preventable," which examines the U.S. coronavirus response. Slavitt shares insights on healthcare policy and public health in town halls, in USA Today, and on his podcast "In the Bubble." He also appears regularly on CNN, MSNBC, and Fox.

Beyond government roles, Slavitt is a general partner at Town Hall Ventures, working at the intersection of healthcare and entrepreneurship. He serves as board chair of United States of Care, a national nonprofit health think tank and advocacy organization he founded to promote access to healthcare for all American families. Slavitt co-chairs The Future of Healthcare initiative at the Bipartisan Policy Center and chairs the Medicaid Transformation Project, which aims to improve care for vulnerable populations. With experience bridging the private sector, government, and civil society, Slavitt contributes to ongoing conversations about the future of American healthcare.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 10/26/2026.

Andy Slavitt Speaking Topics

  • Competing and Winning in a Changing Health Care Risk Environment

    How the rules for insurance companies are changing and what will separate the winners from the losers.

  • healthcare.gov - Inside the Biggest Turnaround in Government

    A look at what went wrong, how it could have been prevented and what the team assembled to save healthcare.gov did to turn it around in record time.

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Andy Slavitt Videos

Andy Slavitt - Building Lessons and Gaining Momentum in the AI Revolution

Andy Slavitt - Building Lessons and Gaining Momentum in the AI Revolution

Andy Slavitt’s resume has always reflected his mission: to help people get the healthcare they need. On Wish I Knew, he shares why the most...

Andy Slavitt - Keynote

Andy Slavitt - Keynote

Welcome Remarks by Gene Sykes, Managing DIrector at Goldman Sachs, and Andy Wilson, Executive Director of the Alliance for SoCal...

Andy Slavitt - Washington Post Live

Andy Slavitt - Washington Post Live

Andy Slavitt is author of the new book, “Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S....

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Andy Slavitt is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Competing and Winning in a Changing Health Care Risk Environment, healthcare.gov - Inside the Biggest Turnaround in Government, How Health Care Decisions are Really Made in DC and Health Care Reform in the Age of Trump. The estimated speaking fee range to book Andy Slavitt for your event is available upon request. Andy Slavitt generally travels from Pasadena, CA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Dr. Joel Selanikio, Vic Strecher, Giovanni Colella, Seth Berkley and Nick Webb. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Andy Slavitt for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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