Obama Makes Giant Steps towards a Full Health Care Team
Health and the 44th Presidential Administration (Part III). In three nearly back-to-back announcements, President Obama is working prodigiously to fill his leadership roster for health care. Of course, the most newsworthy was his selection of Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius as Secretary-designate of the Department of Health and Human Services. The White House Office of Health Reform, however will be lead by Nancy Ann DeParle who headed up the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services during the Clinton administration.
The Travails of Tom Daschle
Only time will tell as elements of health reform begin to make their way through the legislative process if there exist another health care champion with the political moxie to accomplish what the Clintons could not back in the 1990′s—reform America’s health care system.
Health and the 44th Presidential Administration (Part I)
Last Thursday, in a press conference from Chicago, President-elect Obama’s announcement of former Senator Tom Daschle as designate for Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services was of little surprise. This has been speculated upon and anticipated for weeks since the election. The announcement of more significance was the formation of the White … Read more
Obama Names Daschle to Health Post
UPDATE February 3, 2009: Former Senator Tom Daschle removed his name from further consideration for confirmation as Secretary of Health and Human Services amid criticism surrounding delayed payment of taxes in excess of $100,000.00 and the perception of ethical impropriety due to his former work with health care industry clients at the firm Alston & Bird, … Read more
