HHS secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Haiti relief effort

The World

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is the White House cabinet member who would be in charge of administering any new health care system in the United States. But right now her department is focused on the relief effort in Haiti, with more than 250 of her department’s personnel providing medical care to survivors in the quake-ravaged country.

We find out how more on how her department is trying to get aid to to the earthquake-ravaged country. We’ll also ask her about the prospects of the plan to reform health care.

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