... against rushing into a spending plan that could costs trillions of dollars over the next decade. Obama's health and human services secretary said she remains optimistic Congress would send the White House legislation before the year ends. "I think ...

WASHINGTON (AP) Tom Daschle's decision to withdraw his nomination as health and human services secretary clouds hopes that President Barack Obama will make significant progress on health reform in his first 100 days in the White House ...

... focus on Medicare's growing financial problems. "This is an emergency that grows by the day," said Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt. "This trigger is an important part of the discussion Congress can and must exercise ...

... S. ambassador to the United Nations. ATTORNEY GENERAL Eric Holder, former deputy attorney general. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARY Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D. HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY Arizona Gov. Janet ...

... solvent as the huge baby boom generation retires. In yet another proposal expected to be in the speech, Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala told The Washington Post in an interview appearing in Monday's editions that Clinton will ...

... pay is awarded. The nine-member panel, led by former Sen. Bob Dole, R-Kan., and Donna Shalala, health and human services secretary during the Clinton administration, also recommended stronger partnerships between the Pentagon and the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) President Bush and other critics of a $35 billion spending increase for children's health insurance say they'll support expanding coverage to families of four making as much as $62,000 a year, but they want to limit states' ability to go beyond that level.

... t afford not to introduce prescription drug benefits into the Medicare program," Donna Shalala, the health and human services secretary, said today on CBS' "Face the Nation." "Drugs are increasingly a critical part of health care in this ...

... restraint or seclusion will have to be reported to HCFA, which bizarrely never required it before. Also, Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala will extend the regulation beyond hospitals to cover all residential care facilities for children ...

... team; first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and daughter Chelsea; 15 members of Congress, 13 of them women; Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala; Sally Ride, the first American woman in space; and Judy Collins, who wrote a song for ...