Obama Revolving Door: Walmart executive to HHS to help Obamacare

Published July 23, 2014 9:25pm ET



President Obama was going to stop the revolving door, candidate Obama promised. He never did. He never came even close. Today, via the Wall Street Journal, we get a doozy:

New Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell is bringing in Leslie Dach, a former colleague who until recently was the executive vice president of corporate affairs for Wal-Mart Stores Inc., to act as her senior counselor at the agency.

Walmart, you may recall, supported key elements of Obamacare, including the requirement that employers insure their employees.

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