May 7 (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama's choice as the next health secretary, Sylvia Mathews Burwell, will hear lots of criticism of the president's health-care overhaul tomorrow at her first confirmation hearing.

There probably won't be many complaints about Burwell herself.

Burwell faces Congress for the first time as Obama's nominee to replace current health secretary Kathleen Sebelius when the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee holds its confirmation hearing. A hearing of the Finance Committee, which will vote on her nomination, hasn't yet been scheduled.

Continue Reading for Free

Register and gain access to:

  • Breaking benefits news and analysis, on-site and via our newsletters and custom alerts
  • Educational webcasts, white papers, and ebooks from industry thought leaders
  • Critical converage of the property casualty insurance and financial advisory markets on our other ALM sites, PropertyCasualty360 and ThinkAdvisor
NOT FOR REPRINT

© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.

Core and Group Health
Broker Regulation