Obama puts fresh face on Obamacare with new health secretary

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Obama puts fresh face on Obamacare with new health secretary

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/obama-names-burwell-u-health-secretary-fix-obamacare-150157330--sector.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/I5s2KEFhhx_pLAKdHenhqg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-04-11T153816Z_2_CBREA3A15RL00_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="White House Budget Director Burwell speaks during an interview with Reuters journalists in Washington" align="left" title="White House Budget Director Burwell speaks during an interview with Reuters journalists in Washington" border="0" /></a>By Roberta Rampton and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Friday he will promote budget director Sylvia Mathews Burwell to be his next health secretary, who will preside over the next difficult phase of his healthcare law in the months before November congressional elections. Burwell, whose nomination must be approved by the U.S. Senate, will replace Kathleen Sebelius, who became the public face of the disastrous rollout of Obamacare, formally known as the Affordable Care Act, which Republicans plan to exploit as they seek to take control of the Senate. But Obama made it clear he did not blame Sebelius for the problems. &quot;But under Kathleen's leadership, her team at HHS turned the corner, got it fixed, got the job done, and the final score speaks for itself,&quot; he said, noting that 7.5 million people have signed up for health insurance under the program, exceeding expectations.</p><br clear="all"/>

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