Kathleen Sebelius Confirmed: Obama Adds reform powerful ally center Health

Kathleen Sebelius Confirmed: Obama Adds reform powerful ally center Health -

This week the former governor of Kansas Kathleen Sebelius was (finally) confirmed that the Secretary of Health and Human services. As Secretary Sebelius will head the FDA, CDC and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

His appointment was approved in a 65-31 vote, reported Wall Street Journal . - Actually five more votes than we originally thought.

As you may have heard, the biggest qualm people had about Secretary Sebelius is his pro-choice position on abortion and its relationship with a doctor who performs the procedure.

But she did it with a cushion 5 votes win the approval of a small handful of Republicans.

now that she's in, President Obama added to its list of powerful allies who promised time and again to get health care and health insurance reform done this year, and hope fact.

The Sebelius health care philosophy, a Democrat, is closely aligned with President Obama. Secretary Sebelius, we can expect to hear similar plans on things like individual plans public sponsored health insurance, individual mandates, and the prohibition of pre-existing condition exclusions.

Although Sebelius was not the first choice of the President, it will be a great voice to the front of health reform, and we will be listening carefully.

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