The News Review:
- Gupta Withdraws Name From Consideration for Surgeon General
- President bama Hosts Health Reform Summit
- Why Sebelius’s archbishop is unhappy
Gupta Withdraws Name From Consideration for Surgeon General
FXNews
“He is a practicing neurosurgeon. He also wants to spend more time with his family — his wife is expecting another child right now and of course he does want to continue as our chief medical correspondent here at CNN” Blitzer said. The head of the group that represents the surgeon general’s health team earlier told FXNews. com that Gupta was known to have withdrawn his name. Jerry Farrell who heads the Commissioned fficers Association said hopeful candidates have been calling his organization’s office since last week expressing their interest in the post after word got out that “the bidding process was open again. ” Farrell’s group represents the Commissioned Corps of the U.
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President bama Hosts Health Reform Summit
U.S. News & World Report
Judging by the cast of thousands that attended President bama’s health reform summit today the same might be said of nurturing national health reform (though now Secretary of State Clinton was conspicuously absent from this event as she has been in general on healthcare reform since joining team bama). The purpose of the event was ostensibly to bring various stakeholders together to discuss ideas about how to reduce healthcare spending and improve health insurance coverage. And indeed representatives of many interest groups were present from insurers to private companies to patient advocacy groups as well as dozens of elected officials. (Even the single-payer advocates got an invite to the summit albeit a tardy one I’m told.
Why Sebelius’s archbishop is unhappy
Kansas City Star
Naumann gives Sebelius who is Catholic credit for “representing Catholic social teaching” by advocating for better housing for the poor health care for children etc. Then this:Yet on the fundamental moral issue of protecting innocent human life Governor Sebelius throughout her career has been an outspoken advocate for legalized abortion. For this reason her appointment to HHS is particularly troubling. Naumann goes through the usual litany of sins: Sebelius is too close to Planned Parenthood and abortion doctor George Tiller. She supports embryonic stem cell research.
