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• State awarded $128 million for Health Benefit Exchange

  May 17, 2012 in City on Page A9 OLYMPIA – Washington will receive a financial reward for forging ahead with one element of federal health care reform this spring while many other states were holding back. The U.S. …

• Sebelius, Gregoire talk health care costs

  February 9, 2011 in News, Region SEATTLE — U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius came to Seattle Wednesday to hear ideas on how to cut health care costs and make services more efficient. She … 6

• Industry agrees to fix gap in kids coverage

  March 30, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – After battling President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul the better part of a year, the insurance industry said Monday it won’t try to block his efforts to fix … 4

• Administration touts reform’s benefits to states

  November 24, 2009 in City on Page A10 The Obama administration continued its effort to build the case for health care reform with the release of reports detailing the benefits it said states would see should Congress pass … 1

• Sebelius urges individual choices on mammograms

  November 19, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – A top federal health official said Wednesday that the controversial new guidelines for breast cancer screening do not represent government policy, as the Obama administration sought to keep … 1

• Sebelius: Americans should get swine flu vaccine

  October 7, 2009 in Nation/World Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius appealed anew Wednesday for widespread inoculation against a surging swine flu threat, calling the vaccine “safe and secure.” 3

• Government approves new swine flu vaccine

  September 15, 2009 in Nation/World The Food and Drug Administration approved the new swine flu vaccine Tuesday, a long-anticipated step as the government works to get vaccinations under way next month.

• Sebelius picked to lead health

  March 3, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s choice to lead the Health and Human Services Department has a history of bucking the insurance industry, which faces the biggest hit under Obama’s initial …

• Obama taps Kan. Gov. Sebelius as health chief

  March 2, 2009 in Nation/World As he attempts to overhaul the country’s health care system, President Barack Obama announced Monday that he’s chosen Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to serve as his health and human services …

• Kansas governor takes Cabinet health post

  March 1, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius on Saturday accepted President Obama’s request to become his Health and Human Services secretary, stepping into a central role in the new administration’s ambitious …