Sep 29 Health Secretary Price resigns after private flight controversy By Daniel Bush Don J. Wright of Virginia will serve as acting secretary as of Friday night, the White House said. Continue reading
Sep 27 Watch 3:42 News Wrap: Trump ‘not happy’ over Price’s private plane trips By Travis Daub In our news wrap Wednesday, President Trump said he is not happy with reports that Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price billed the government for expensive charter flights. Also, the storm that devastated Puerto Rico returned to hurricane strength… Continue watching
Sep 24 Price to stop private plane use on business during review By Associated Press Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price said Saturday he will stop flying private planes on official business while an internal review of the flights is being done and that he welcomes the review. Continue reading
Jan 18 Price tries to reassure on health care; Democrats not buying it By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar and Alan Fram, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Offering reassurances, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for health secretary said Wednesday the new administration won't "pull the rug out" from those covered by "Obamacare." Democrats were unimpressed, noting a lack of specifics. Continue reading
Apr 04 Senate: Few answers on U.S. theft that risked data of millions By Jack Gillum, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Senate investigators indicated Monday they've received few answers from the Obama administration after a laptop and portable hard drives — likely containing names and Social Security numbers of millions — were stolen from a federal building in Washington… Continue reading
Nov 21 House Republicans sue Obama administration over health care law By Alan Fram, Associated Press WASHINGTON — House Republicans have sued the Obama administration over steps President Barack Obama took to put his health law into place. Continue reading
Apr 11 Watch News Wrap: Obama taps Sylvia Burwell to lead Health and Human Services By PBS News Hour In our news wrap, President Obama announced his budget director Sylvia Mathews Burwell as his nomination to replace Kathleen Sebelius as Secretary of HSS. Sebelius, who has been criticized for troubles in the health care rollout, announced her resignation this… Continue watching
Dec 11 Watch News Wrap: Health care enrollment three times higher in November than October News Wrap: Health care enrollment three times higher in November than October… Continue watching
Nov 05 Watch News Wrap: Medicare head says ACA site improving while insurers cancel policies News Wrap: Medicare head says ACA site improving while insurers cancel policies… Continue watching
Feb 10 Watch Sebelius Explains White House’s Contraception Compromise In an abrupt shift in policy Friday, President Obama backtracked some, announcing that religious employers would not be required to offer free birth control to employees after all. Instead the burden would be on insurers. Ray Suarez and Secretary of… Continue watching