Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services

What America is going to do about climate change and what we’re going to do about our health care system–the two main challenges facing US today.
Our health outcomes are consistently behind so many other countries. If we don’t do something, this new generation will be the first to have a life expectancy less than that of their parents.
We have 12,000 people every year losing their health benefits. We have about 46 million Americans without health coverage at all.
As a parent it was pretty scary to watch my kids, in their twenties, go beyond their college plans and they were in a situation where there was no employer provided health plan. ...