Feb 24 Administration: No quick fix if court kills health subsidies By Alan Fram, Associated Press President Barack Obama's health secretary told Congress Tuesday that there is no administrative action that would fix the "massive damage to our health care system" that would result should the Supreme Court invalidate federal subsidies that help millions of Americans… Continue reading
Dec 31 HHS Innovation Lab attempting to change how health care operates By Jay Hancock, Kaiser Health News The health law’s ambitious lab for transforming how medicine is delivered and financed submitted its official report card to Congress on Tuesday, boasting of a few early results but mostly showing many works in progress. Continue reading
Oct 31 Medicare paid for drugs after patients had died, report finds By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Call it drugs for the departed: Medicare's prescription program kept paying for costly medications even after patients were dead. The problem was traced back to a head-scratching bureaucratic rule that's now getting a second look. Continue reading
Jul 08 Watch Sen. Flake: Obama’s proposal would allow migrant children to ‘disappear into the population’ By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jun 05 Sylvia Mathews Burwell confirmed as secretary of Health and Human Services By News Desk The Senate on Thursday confirmed Sylvia Mathews Burwell as the new secretary of Department of Health and Human Services by a vote of 78 to 17. Continue reading
Apr 11 Watch Shields and Brooks on Sebelius’ legacy, the 1964 Civil Rights Act By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 10 HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to resign By News Desk and Julie Pace, Associated Press The NewsHour has confirmed that Sylvia Burwell, Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, will be tapped to replace Kathleen Sebelius. _______________ Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is resigning from the Obama administration after… Continue reading
Oct 21 Watch Rocky health care rollout raises concerns of low enrollment, high premiums Rocky health care rollout raises concerns of low enrollment, high premiums… Continue watching
May 28 Watch Advocates Push to Extend Children’s Health Insurance Program Congress is expected in the coming months to debate renewing a children's health insurance program for low-income children. The NewsHour looks at the fight to preserve the program. Continue watching
Dec 18 Health and Human Services Statement The following statement released by the Department of Health and Human Services describes additional options for those exposed to inhalational anthrax. Continue reading