‘Daily Show’: Kathleen Sebelius on Obamacare and Single-Payer
As the secretary of health and human services, Kathleen Sebelius finds herself a mild-mannered Kansan in the center of one of the most vitriolic political battles in modern American history.As the secretary of health and human services, Kathleen Sebelius finds herself a mild-mannered Kansan in the center of one of the most vitriolic political battles in modern American history.
Below she responds to Jon Stewart’s questions about why it has been difficult for people to sign up for the health care exchanges, why businesses but not individuals were given extra time to buy health care, and why health care belongs in the market at all.
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