Kathleen Sebelius news and information

Kathleen Sebelius has been facing down opponents since she was a schoolgirl campaigning for her father, a gregarious, outspoken liberal Democrat in Cincinnati.
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Delays in key provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act last week last week are spawning congressional actions this week.
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While there are many ramifications from yesterday's Treasury Department announcement that the employer mandate of the health reform law will be delayed until January 2015, one of the biggest is for industries that tend to hire part-time workers. That's because the law's provision that the mandate...
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A 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl whose parents sued to challenge national lung transplant rules received a second set of lungs after the first failed, and her family said she has taken some breaths on her own.
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The success of the president's healthcare overhaul may depend on an unlikely feat: With little time, and limited resources, the Obama administration and its allies must find and entice millions of Americans who are eligible for new healthcare coverage and might not want to pay for it.
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Outliers was intrigued to learn HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is turning to professional sports leagues to get the word out on open enrollment for the insurance exchanges that starts in a few months.
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Nearly a year to the day after the Supreme Court ruled the reform law constitutional, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius launched her department's public awareness and outreach campaign.
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“How are you going to feel if you have to go into an emergency room? You'll walk in there, and see chair after chair of working poor people—hard-working people—knowing that's their healthcare system, when we could have given them a better answer.”
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With about 100 days left before the new health insurance marketplaces are scheduled to begin enrolling members, the Obama administration hopes to persuade 7 million Americans to sign up for coverage next year.
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Huge list prices charged by hospitals are drawing increased attention, but a federal law meant to limit what the most financially vulnerable patients can be billed doesn't seem to be making much difference.
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