Kathleen Sebelius

Obama administration moves to get more enrolled in health insurance

2013-05-09 08:42:00

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration announced Thursday that it would provide millions of dollars to community health centers to help them enroll Americans in health insurance programs next year under the president’s health law. The move comes...

Obama's Plan B misstep

2013-05-03 00:00:00

The Obama administration overstepped its legal authority — and injected politics into what should have been a scientific decision — when it ordered the FDA to limit the availability of a common morning-after contraceptive without...

Judge again rejects limits on emergency contraception

2013-05-11 00:00:00

In yet another scathing critique of government health officials, a federal judge refused Friday to stay his order making emergency contraceptives available to consumers of all ages without a prescription. Calling government efforts to restrict the...

Obama 'very comfortable' with age restriction on 'morning after' pill

2013-05-02 20:04:00

MEXICO CITY -- President Obama says he’s “very comfortable” with a Food and Drug Administration ruling that maintains age restrictions on females who can buy the so-called morning after pill without a prescription. The rule announced...

Plan B contraception and Obama's betrayal of women

2013-05-02 16:48:00

President Obama spit his game, as the kids say, when he spoke to an enthusiastic crowd at a Planned Parenthood conference a little over a week ago: “You’re making me blush,” he cooed to their thunderous applause. “I love you back.&...

GOP slams fundraising, other efforts to promote Obama health law

2013-05-13 20:14:00

WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans have opened a new line of attack on President Obama's healthcare law, charging that the administration has improperly sought help from the healthcare industry and other outside groups to implement the...

Judge blasts government's Plan B contraceptive filing

2013-05-10 13:18:00

In yet another scathing critique of government health officials, a federal judge refused Friday to stay his order making Plan B emergency contraceptives available to all consumers without a prescription. Ruling that government efforts to restrict the...

Obama seeks to allay healthcare law concerns

2013-04-30 19:31:00

WASHINGTON — President Obama sought to tamp down fears Tuesday that his landmark healthcare law would raise insurance costs and cause other disruptions, saying most Americans were already benefiting from it and others soon would. "Any time you'...

Hillary is great, but look at other women too, activists say

2013-05-02 11:03:00

WASHINGTON -- Hillary Clinton would be the runaway favorite among Democrats for the party’s 2016 presidential nomination, a new Quinnipiac University poll shows, but activists at EMILY’s List, who have launched a campaign to elect the first...

Plan B One-Step debate continues

2013-05-02 15:50:00

Confused by the wrangling in federal court over the Plan B One-Step emergency contraceptive? You're not the only one. As U.S. attorneys work hastily to halt a federal judge's order regarding the sale of the so-called morning-after pill, medical and...

Court ruling lifts age limit on morning-after pill

2013-04-05 18:25:00

President Obama once fretted about the prospect that girls as young as 10 or 11 could walk into a drugstore and buy emergency contraception pills as easily as "bubble gum or batteries." With his blessing, the Department of Health and Human Services...

Teen contraception decision: Doctors say science trumps politics

2013-04-06 05:00:00

Science trumped politics, but politics may still present problems for teens trying to purchase emergency contraception. “A lot of stuff is going to happen over the next 30 days,” said Dr. Cora Breuner, a pediatric medicine specialist at...

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services acting Administrator Marilyn Tavenner, left, and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.

2013-04-10 00:00:00

Gov. Pat Quinn, left, Lee Francis, President and CEO of Erie Family Health Center, and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, right, announce Illinois' plan to be a partner in a health insurance exchange.

2013-02-13 00:00:00

President Obama with U.S. Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius

2012-03-14 13:10:58