April 13 (Bloomberg) — Republican lawmakers said hearings on Sylvia Mathews Burwell's nomination as U.S. Health and Human Services secretary provide a fresh opening to raise questions about President Barack Obama's health care law.
Obama's choice of Burwell, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, to succeed Kathleen Sebelius will "elevate some of the concerns" that Republicans have about Obamacare, Representative Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee said on CBS's "Face the Nation" program.
After initial stumbles, the program known as Obamacare beat initial forecasts as the first open enrollment period ended on March 31. About 7.5 million people signed up for private health insurance through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care, Sebelius told a Senate hearing on April 10, hours before her resignation was announced.
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