Secretary of Health and Human Services: Who is Kathleen Sebelius?

Secretary of Health and Human Services: Who is Kathleen Sebelius?

Kathleen Sebelius, President Barack Obama’s second choice for Secretary of Health and Human Services, is a political moderate who works well with Republicans and possesses wonkish understanding of health policy. But she did little during her time as governor of Kansas to bring about substantial change in the state’s health coverage or costs—which might explain Obama’s decision not to give Sebelius the dual assignment of running the new White House Office of Health Care Reform, which the previous nominee, Tom Daschle, would have had, had he not pulled out.