On AlterNet: hhs

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Kathleen Sebelius Confirmed as Secretary of Health and Human Services

Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: Health and Wellness. April 28, 2009.

Huzzah.

Recession Driving You Insane? The Government's Here to Help

Susan Wallace, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. April 1, 2009.

Obama will fix it!

Howard Dean as Surgeon General?

Faiz Shakir, ThinkProgress AlterNet: Health and Wellness. March 9, 2009.

He is in the running.

Not in Kansas Anymore: A Look at Obama's Sebelius Pick

Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium AlterNet: PEEK. March 6, 2009.

Two major nominations on Monday: Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius for Secretary of Health and Human Services and Nancy-Ann DeParle for health czar.

Is Howard Dean Getting Screwed and Why?

Alexander Zaitchik, AlterNet. February 9, 2009.

He's been a governor, an inspiring grassroots hero, a reformer of the Democratic Party -- will he join Obama's White House or head back home?

Howard Dean Should Have Been Obama's HHS Pick All Along

Chip Fleischer, Truthdig. February 6, 2009.

Dean should have been a top contender for secretary of health and human services. Obama abandoned the idea for all the wrong reasons.

HHS Sec. Leavitt Tries to Define Contraception as Abortion, Then Pretends He Didn't

Scott Swenson, RH Reality Check. August 12, 2008.

Playing dumb can't hide the fact that a new regulation would seriously limit access to contraception.

Hillary Clinton on Bush's Outrageous Attempt to Undermine Women's Rights

Hillary Clinton, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. July 27, 2008.

New rules pose a serious threat to birth-control providers and uninsured and low-income Americans seeking care.