Diana Manos
President Barack Obama added two key leaders to his push for healthcare reform on Tuesday, with support from across party lines. He nominated Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to head the Department of Health and Human Services and Nancy-Ann DeParle to be his point person on healthcare in the White House.
President Barack Obama announced Monday he has tapped Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius for Department of Health and Human Services secretary and Nancy Ann DeParle as Director of the White House Office for Health Reform.
President Barack Obama asked Congress for $76.8 billion for the Department of Health and Human Services Thursday in a fiscal year 2010 federal budget outline.
Witnesses at separate hearings held Wednesday by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and the Senate Finance Committee said healthcare reform is necessary and can't be achieved without spending money up front. The experts also recommended providing broader risk pools and establishing comparative effectiveness.
President Barack Obama told Congress Tuesday night that healthcare reform must be addressed this year. In his first speech to a joint session of Congress, he called for a three-pronged approach to saving the economy that includes healthcare reform and investments in energy and education.
With the stimulus package passed, President Barack Obama plans to put healthcare and the promotion of healthcare IT among his top priorities, according to White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs.
CUREXO Technology Corporation announced Monday it will launch ROBODOC, its new robotic orthopaedic surgical application at the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Conference at the Sands Expo Center in Las Vegas, Feb. 25-27.
With Sen. Tom Daschle (D-S.D.), President Barack Obama's first pick for Secretary of Health and Human Services, no longer an option, the White House has been mum on who might replace him, though many experts and news outlets claim they have inside knowledge.
The law sets aside $19.2 billion for healthcare IT and more than $100 billion for other healthcare measures, including Medicaid funding and subsidies to help unemployed workers afford healthcare coverage through COBRA.
Congress passed the final version of the $787 billion economic stimulus bill last Friday, and it is expected to be signed into law by President Obama today in Denver.