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Barack Obama Elected President
Barack Obama was elected as the 44th President of the United States. The President ran on a comprehensive health care reform proposal during his campaign which included a mandate to cover all children. -
CHIP Becomes Law
Congress passed%u2014and President Obama signed into law%u2014legislation to expand the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). This will provide health coverage to an additional 4 million children and includes some improvements that child advocates have been fighting for. President Obama called the legislation %u201Conly the first step%u201D toward providing health coverage for everyone in America %u2013 and that means every child, too. But this CHIP legislation does not include key reforms that children need%u2014li -
President Obama%u2019s State of the Nation Address
The President declared: %u201Chealth reform cannot wait, it must not wait, and it will not wait another year%u201D -
Senate Finance Committee Holds Health Care Hearing
The Senate Finance Committee kicked off the formal legislative process by holding a hearing on health care. Other relevant committees have followed suit in order to begin formulating legislation to move through Congress. Chairman Max Baucus of the Senate Finance Committee calls for his committee to mark up "a comprehensive health care reform bill" in June and have it on the President's desk this year. This should help set the timeline for the work of other relevant committees in both the Hous -
Vision Budget Released
President Obama released his vision budget which included $634 billion for health care reform. -
Sebelius and DeParle Nominated
President Obama nominates Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius as Health and Human Services Secretary and named Nancy-Ann DeParle as director of the White House Office for Health Reform. Both women will play a significant role in overseeing health reform.
March 3rd, 2009: HHS Secretary-Designate Sebelius said to Obama, "I share your belief that we can't fix the economy without fixing health care. The work won't be easy, but bringing about real change rarely is." -
CDF President Speaks at White House Health Care Forum
President Obama holds the White House Forum on Health Care. CDF President Marian Wright Edelman was one of the key stakeholders the President called upon to discuss the nation%u2019s health care crisis and the process for reform that lies ahead. Mrs. Edelman spoke to her fellow panelists about the important of ensuring health coverage for every child this year.
