The confirmation of the new Secretary of Health and Human Services brings Kathleen Sebelius to the Cabinet, she’s a former Kansas Governor. The new Secretary will command the FDA, the CDC, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
The issues some people had with Secretary Sebelius is that regarding the abortion issue she is pro choice, and she is friendly with a physician who does these procedures. Nevertheless, she had the nomination approved, according to the Wall Street Journal, by a 65 to 31 vote.
The nomination approval comes with an extra five votes as she gained a few Republican supporters. Since she made it to the Cabinet, it increases the number of strong insiders for President Obama who mean to revise the health care area this year.
The newest cabinet member, who is a Democrat, has similar views to President Obama on health care. Secretary Sebelius will produce a similar plate of ideas and plans such as prohibiting pre-existing condition exclusions, individual mandates, and public sponsored individual health insurance plans.
President Obama had some others in mind for his first choice in this post. But Sebelius will be a powerful person in dealing with the health reform issue.
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