Statement on HHS Nominee Governor Kathleen Sebelius and Nancy-Ann DeParle
Washington, DC – Health Care for America Now (HCAN) – the nation’s largest health care campaign – released the following statement today on the nomination of Governor Kathleen Sebelius for Secretary of Health and Human Services and the appointment of Nancy-Ann DeParle to serve as Counselor to the President and Director of the White House Office for Health Reform:
“Governor Sebelius has an outstanding record as an advocate for health care consumers in Kansas and is a great choice to help President Obama achieve his goal of quality, affordable health care for everyone in 2009,” said Richard Kirsch, National Campaign Manager for Health Care for America Now. “ We look forward to her working together with Nancy-Ann DeParle to guarantee we win true health care reform that puts people’s health before corporate greed and gives us the choice of a public health insurance plan so we are no longer at the mercy of the private health insurance industry.”
“Governor Sebelius has an outstanding record as an advocate for health care consumers in Kansas and is a great choice to help President Obama achieve his goal of quality, affordable health care for everyone in 2009,” said Richard Kirsch, National Campaign Manager for Health Care for America Now. “ We look forward to her working together with Nancy-Ann DeParle to guarantee we win true health care reform that puts people’s health before corporate greed and gives us the choice of a public health insurance plan so we are no longer at the mercy of the private health insurance industry.”
