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Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Kathleen Sebelius Confirmed For Secretary of Health and Human Services

By Ethan Kalvin

The new Secretary of Health and Human Services is Kathleen Sebelius, a former Kansas Governor. In this position she will oversee the CDC, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the FDA.

Secretary Sebelius received approval for her nomination on a 65 to 31 vote, as noted by the Wall Street Journal. The negatives regarding her nomination were that she is pro choice in regards to abortion and has an association with a physician who performs these procedures.

Her five additional approving votes came from a small number of Rebpublicans who supported her. As a Cabinet member now President Obama has a good inside group who will tackle the health care reform and get it right this year.

There is a very high parallel in the philosophy surrounding health care between Sebelius, who is a Democrat, and President Obama. She will likely introduce same sounding plans about topics such as individual mandates, public sponsored individual health insurance products, and reducing the exclusions under pre existing clauses.

There were some ahead of her on President Obama's list, but Sebelius will prove to be a strong player in the health reform arena.

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