Tag: Sylvia Mathews Burwell

Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell testified before the House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday. (AP Photo)

Burwell meets Obamacare firing squad

Paige Winfield Cunningham · February 11, 2016 5:01 am

"Such reckless behavior has already resulted in multiple homicides and other crimes of violence by these criminal street gangs and put the public into serious danger," Bob Goodlatte and Chuck Grassley wrote in a Tuesday letter. (AP Photo)

National Security

Lawmakers investigating whether border crisis kids committed murder

Joel Gehrke · February 10, 2016 9:44 pm

Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell will brief senators on the Zika virus on Tuesday. (Drew Angerer/Bloomberg)

HHS to brief Senate Tuesday on Zika virus

Susan Ferrechio · February 8, 2016 7:40 pm

Data shows higher percentage of uncompensated care in states without expansion, HHS chief said. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Burwell: Medicaid expansion a matter of time

Paige Winfield Cunningham · February 5, 2016 7:16 pm

In a new budget outlook released Monday, the Congressional Budget Office said 13 million people are expected to buy plans through the Affordable Care Act's exchanges this year (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Final Obamacare enrollment reaches 12.7 million

Paige Winfield Cunningham · February 4, 2016 8:14 pm

Congress freaks out about Zika

Paige Winfield Cunningham · February 4, 2016 5:01 am

The request includes $920 million for cooperative agreements with states to expand access to medication-assisted treatment, which is critical to solving the opioid epidemic that kills 44 Americans a day, officials said. (AP Photo)

Obama pushes big funding increase for opioid fight

Robert King · February 2, 2016 6:22 pm

Obamacare enrollment dragging

Paige Winfield Cunningham · January 27, 2016 8:04 pm

Why go sledding when you can enroll for health insurance. (Screen shot, courtesy of Sylvia Burwell's Twitter account)

HHS: Snowed in? Enroll for Obamacare

Daniel Chaitin · January 23, 2016 7:05 pm

Aides were looking for information about what the EPA knew about Flint's lead-contaminated water and when. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Energy and Environment

House committee staff grills EPA on Mich. water crisis

Kyle Feldscher · January 21, 2016 10:43 pm

Since Obamacare has been implemented, about 17 million Americans have received healthcare coverage, 4 million of whom are Latinos. (AP Photo)

Gov’t targets Latinos for Obamacare signups

Robert King · January 6, 2016 5:52 pm

"I know none of us accepts that we must choose between innovation and a healthcare system that can provide access to affordable medicines," Sylvia Mathews Burwell said. (AP Photo)

Gov’t seeks common ground on high drug prices

Robert King · November 20, 2015 4:50 pm