Governor Of Kansas Tapped to Lead HHS

Finally, the HHS post has been filled. I was not surprised to see Sebelius named for the position given her strong backing of Obama during his campaign. With the proposed plans that Obama has stated he would like to see accomplished with health care reform, Sebelius will certainly face an uphill battle. Trying to create the national database of health records, limit costs of Medicare, and provide health insurance to children and the unemployed are just what has been announced so far. Obama has to hope that Sebelius can bring to the table what he thought he was going to get from Daschle because otherwise he will be in for a long fight with Republicans and the wealthy who will end up paying for these programs.