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Kathleen Sebelius Rips Anonymous Campaign Money As 'Dangerous'
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailySecretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius said the flow of "anonymous" funds in political campaigns this year is "dangerous" because it makes it difficult for voters to know whose money is supporting which candidates. Sebelius spoke to reporters Thursday morning at a breakfast hosted by The Christian Science Monitor. "I really think the untold story of 2010 is not the Tea Party or the health care bill or a number of these issues. It is the amount of money that is flowing in districts around the country, and particularly the amount of anonymous money,'' said Sebelius, who has ...
Government Panel Considers Lifting Ban on Gay Blood Donors
By Katie Drummond - Politics DailyA decades-old ban that prevents men who have had sex with other men from donating blood could soon be lifted, or at least relaxed, as a federal panel meets to reconsider the regulation. Established in 1985, in the midst of a surging HIV/AIDS crisis, the law prohibits blood donation by any man who, since 1977, has had intercourse with another man. Since 2000, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has reviewed the ban twice, without changing it. But under renewed pressure from advocacy groups, politicians and blood donation organizations, the government's Health and Human Services Advisory ...
Sebelius to Insurer WellPoint: Stop Dropping Breast Cancer Patients
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyDepartment of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has asked insurance giant WellPoint to stop its reported practice of canceling coverage for patients recently diagnosed with breast cancer. In a letter to WellPoint's CEO, Sebelius wrote she was "surprised and disappointed" to learn from a Reuters investigation that the Indiana-based company has "specifically targeted women with breast cancer for aggressive investigation with intent to cancel their policies." "As you know, the practice described in this article will soon be illegal," Sebelius wrote to CEO Angela Braly. "The ...
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is Taking Your Questions
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyIs there one question you've been wanting to ask the Obama administration about health care reform? One thing about co-ops or the public option you still haven't heard them say, even after six months of debate and deliberation? Tomorrow is your lucky day, Politics Daily readers, because Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius will be taking your questions directly from the White House. How can you get in the queue? Just submit the single question you'd like to ask the secretary before midnight tonight to me with the "e-mail Patricia Murphy" button below, or click here to send ...
President Obama's Choice for HHS: Kathleen Sebelius
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyThe New York Times is reporting that Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius is the President's top choice for Secretary of Health and Human Services (pending a review by H&R Block):Gov. Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas, an early Obama ally with a record of working across party lines, is emerging as the president's top choice for secretary of health and human services, advisers said Wednesday. Should she be nominated, Ms. Sebelius would bring eight years of experience as her state's insurance commissioner as well as six years as a governor running a state Medicaid program. But with President Obama about ...
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