Sylvia Mathews Burwell News

Insurer Competition Vital for Healthcare Consumers: U.S. Health Official

The Obama administration’s top health official highlighted the importance of competition to insurance markets, as the Justice Department is poised to decide on two massive deals among four of the health-plan industry’s biggest players. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia …

Republicans to Use Burwell HHS Hearings to Question Affordable Care Act

Republican lawmakers said hearings on Sylvia Mathews Burwell’s nomination as U.S. Health and Human Services secretary provide a fresh opening to raise questions about President Barack Obama’s health-care law. Obama’s choice of Burwell, the director of the Office of Management …

Sebelius Resigning as Obama Health Chief

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is resigning after overseeing the botched rollout of President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare reforms, a White House official said on Thursday. Her departure removes a lightning rod for Republican critics as Obama …