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 Tom Daschle on the Role of States in Health Care Reform (video)
Tom Daschle on the Role of States in Health Care Reform (video)
Obama's newly announced nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services, Tom Daschle, speaks in June about the cenrtality of the state level progressive m...
TOM DASCHLE: HEALTH CZAR.
TOM DASCHLE: HEALTH CZAR.
prospect.org — CNN is reporting that Tom Daschle will not only be Health and Human Services Secretary, but also health reform czar under the Obama administration. This is huge news, and the clearest evidence yet that Obama means to pursue comprehensive health ... (more) TOM DASCHLE: HEALTH CZAR.
Daschle to Be Health Secretary
Daschle to Be Health Secretary
online.wsj.com — Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle accepted Obama's offer to be Secretary of Health and Human Services. (more) Daschle to Be Health Secretary
Obama Picks Daschle for HHS
voices.washingtonpost.com — Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle. (Susan Walsh / Associated Press) By Ceci Connolly and Chris Cillizza President-elect Barack Obama has chosen his close confidant and former Senate Majority Leader Thomas Daschle to serve as secretary of the ... (more) Obama Picks Daschle for HHS
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New HHS Chief Says States Will Play Integral Role In Health Care Reform
Open Left - Front Page — There's been something of a debate about whether a universal health care system will come only from Washington, D.C., or whether it will involve state governments. Now that Tom Daschle is slated to become the head of Barack Obama's Department of Health and Human Services as well as the administration's universal health care czar, I'd say we know where the new administration comes down: decidedly with those who say a health care solution must come from both the federal government AND the states. That's the really big news about Daschle's appointment. Watch Daschle's keynote speech at the recent Progressive States Network meeting here - he's very explicit: ...

David Sirota: HHS Chief Daschle Says States Will Play Major Role In Health Care Reform
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — There's been something of a debate about whether a universal health care system will come only from Washington, D.C., or whether it will involve state governments. Now that Tom Daschle is slated to become the head of Barack Obama's Department of Health and Human Services as well as the administration's universal health care czar, I'd say we know where the new administration comes down: decidedly with those who say a health care solution must come from both the federal government AND the states. That's the really big news about Daschle's appointment. Watch Daschle's keynote speech at the Progressive States Network meeting just a few months ago - ...

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Source: [b]MSNBC[/b] WASHINGTON - NBC News confirms from Democratic sources that former S.D. Sen. Tom Daschle will be President-elect Barack Obama's Health and Human Services secretary nominee. In addition, an official with Obama's transition team says Daschle will oversee Obama's health ...