Gibbs Goes Before a Media Firing Squad

Staff / Truthdig Aug 19, 2009 Although news wires buzzed Monday with reports that President Obama had changed his tune when it came to pushing for the government to make a public health care option available to give private insurance companies competition, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs begged to differ during a press conference Tuesday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Dropping the Public Health Option?

Staff / Truthdig Aug 18, 2009 Reports that President Obama may change his position on his proposal to set up a system of government health care insurance for Americans under 65 caused ripples, mostly on the left, and critics continued to clamor Monday for an alternative to private insurance companies. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Team Obama Ready to Surrender Public Option?

Staff / Truthdig Aug 17, 2009 The president and his lieutenants are on a whistle-stop tour of disappointment It started Saturday, when Obama called the public insurance option "just one sliver of" health care reform, "whether we have it or we don't have it " You don't have to be clairvoyant to see the cave coming. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sebelius Talks Health Care on ‘The Daily Show’

Staff / Truthdig Jul 16, 2009 Jon Stewart interviews Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on health care reform. She's pushing for a public health care option and looking to change this "unsustainable, unconscionable, unacceptable " system. Check out this clip from last night's "Daily Show." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Abortion Doctor Murdered in Church

Staff / Truthdig Jun 1, 2009 Dr. George Tiller was volunteering at his Kansas church Sunday when a gunman shot him dead. Republicans in Congress recently made a villain of Tiller when they stalled the confirmation of Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to head the Department of Health and Human Services. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sebelius at Last

Staff / Truthdig Apr 29, 2009 Just in time for swine flu, the Senate has confirmed Barack Obama's pick to head the massive Health and Human Services Department, Kathleen Sebelius. Democrats were able to use the health scare to shake the upper chamber out of abortion-obsessed confirmation gridlock. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Declares Swine Flu Emergency

Staff / Truthdig Apr 27, 2009 The administration is taking the threat of swine flu seriously, as congressional Republicans' main interest in the health arena seems to be roping the president's nominee to head Health and Human Services into an abortion fight. The Centers for Disease Control and the Homeland Security Department issued an emergency declaration Sunday, while the World Health Organization and governments around the globe scrambled to confront the potential crisis. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Committee OKs Sebelius Over Republican Objections

Staff / Truthdig Apr 22, 2009 President Obama presided over his first formal Cabinet meeting Monday with a rather important chair left empty. Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, Obama's pick to head the $750 billion Health and Human Services Department and spearhead his ambitious health care reform initiatives, has finally made it out of hearings and should be approved by the end of the week. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Another Nominee in Tax Trouble

Staff / Truthdig Apr 1, 2009 This has gone from coincidence to self-parody to alarming. Another of Barack Obama's nominees has had to apologize for not paying her full taxes. Kathleen Sebelius, the president's pick to lead the Health and Human Services Department, has now paid off $7,918, a paltry debt compared with Tom Daschle's $140,000. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Taps Sebelius for Top Health Post

Staff / Truthdig Mar 3, 2009 Let's try this again, shall we? Tom Daschle didn't make the cut, but President Obama has a new contender for secretary of health and human services. Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, who may be vulnerable to attacks on the abortion issue, faces a potentially challenging confirmation process. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )