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Sebelius Confirmed, Completing Obama?s Cabinet With Flu Leader
2009-04-28 22:03:57.800 GMT
By Aliza Marcus
April 28 (Bloomberg) -- Kathleen Sebelius, the Kansas
governor who sees her mission as overhauling U.S. health care,
was confirmed today as secretary of Health and Human Services,
the agency directing U.S. efforts against swine flu.
The Senate voted 65-31 to confirm Sebelius, 60, a two-term
Democratic governor who oversaw expansion of the Kansas
children?s health insurance program. Her confirmation fills
Obama?s last cabinet post, putting her in charge of 65,000
employees and more than $700 billion in annual spending, mostly
to insure the elderly and poor. The department also funds U.S.
medical research while overseeing drug approvals and disease
control.
For Related News and Information:
Health stories from the U.S.: TNI US HEA BN <GO>
Stories about health policy: TNI HCP US BN <GO>
Health insurance stories: TNI INS HEA BN <GO>
S&P health insurers index: S5MANH <Index> MRR <GO>
Stories about Obama?s administration: STNI OBAMACABINET <GO>
--Editors: Robert Greene, Andrew Pollack
2009-04-28 22:03:57.800 GMT
By Aliza Marcus
April 28 (Bloomberg) -- Kathleen Sebelius, the Kansas
governor who sees her mission as overhauling U.S. health care,
was confirmed today as secretary of Health and Human Services,
the agency directing U.S. efforts against swine flu.
The Senate voted 65-31 to confirm Sebelius, 60, a two-term
Democratic governor who oversaw expansion of the Kansas
children?s health insurance program. Her confirmation fills
Obama?s last cabinet post, putting her in charge of 65,000
employees and more than $700 billion in annual spending, mostly
to insure the elderly and poor. The department also funds U.S.
medical research while overseeing drug approvals and disease
control.
For Related News and Information:
Health stories from the U.S.: TNI US HEA BN <GO>
Stories about health policy: TNI HCP US BN <GO>
Health insurance stories: TNI INS HEA BN <GO>
S&P health insurers index: S5MANH <Index> MRR <GO>
Stories about Obama?s administration: STNI OBAMACABINET <GO>
--Editors: Robert Greene, Andrew Pollack
