5:46 PM Eastern - Wednesday, April 8, 2009

President Obama Creates Office of Health Reform

By executive order, President Obama established the White House Office of Health Reform today. According to the order:

[the office] will provide leadership to the executive branch in establishing policies, priorities, and objectives for the Federal Government's comprehensive effort to improve access to health care, the quality of such care, and the sustainability of the health care system.

The order also calls on the Secretary of Health and Human Services to take immediate action to establish a similar office within HHS and begin coordinating efforts to pass health care reform.

There's just one problem. Because Senator Jim Bunning has placed a hold on her confirmation vote, the soon-to-be Secretary of HHS, Kathleen Sebelius, can't even get in the HHS building right now.

Click here to tell Congress to take immediate action on the confirmation of Kathleen Sebelius.

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