Department of Health and Human Services - Obama Presidency Oral History Department of Health and Human Services Index / Organizations Transcript Andrew Stern ...czar and Kathleen [Sebelius] became HHS [Department of Health and Huma... Aneesh Chopra ...government agencies. There's a team at HHS [Department of Health and Huma... ...agencies. There's a team at HHS [ Department of Health and Human Services ], there's a team at [Department of... ...most that I could do would be maybe the HHS chief technology officer, where I had ... ...job, and I'll happily serve in the HHS . Why did you think that? Well, ... ...might want to create that same role at HHS ?” And he just said, “Yes... ...withdrew, my potential hire as CTO of HHS was put on hold until they found th... ...serendipity. I probably would have been HHS CTO. That's the job I was applying for... ...the marketing office. So inside either HHS or CMS [Centers for Medicare an... ...my deputy successor, he was CTO at HHS . He became the co-CEO o... ...government agencies. There's a team at HHS [Department of Health and Huma... ...agencies. There's a team at HHS [ Department of Health and Human Services ], there's a team at [Department of... ...most that I could do would be maybe the HHS chief technology officer, where I had ... ...job, and I'll happily serve in the HHS . Why did you think that? Well, ... ...might want to create that same role at HHS ?” And he just said, “Yes... ...withdrew, my potential hire as CTO of HHS was put on hold until they found th... ...serendipity. I probably would have been HHS CTO. That's the job I was applying for... ...the marketing office. So inside either HHS or CMS [Centers for Medicare an... ...my deputy successor, he was CTO at HHS . He became the co-CEO o... Show more... Don Verrilli ...from the Treasury Department, from HHS [Department of Health and Huma... ...the Treasury Department, from HHS [ Department of Health and Human Services ], lawyers who had worked on th... Elizabeth Fowler ...Oversight [OCIIO] at the United States Department of Health and Human Services [HHS] and special assistant to th... ...of Health and Human Services [ HHS ] and special assistant to th... ...patterns; overregulation by the Department of Health and Human Services . I think he had a lot of frustration... ...discretionary spending for a lot of the HHS agencies like FDA [Food and Dru... ...afraid that a Republican secretary of HHS would use it to privatize Medicare. Th... ...Information and Oversight at the US Department of Health and Human Services . How did you come to be invited t... ...there other tasks in your position at HHS , which were also brand new, which you... ...it should resemble employer coverage, HHS will decide it, good luck with that... ...accomplishments during your time at HHS . You left, of course, in the spring o... ...You described before when you moved to HHS from Senator Baucus's office, you wer... ...position than what you'd been doing at HHS ? HHS was one part of the law, whic... ...than what you'd been doing at HHS? HHS was one part of the law, which was th... ...conversations spanned beyond just the Department of Health and Human Services . The National Economic Counci... ...or more of a constituency with HHS and the Labor Department, if that make... Show more... Kathleen Sebelius ...me are Health and Human Services [ HHS ] or Energy, because that seems abou... ...“Well, it's likely Tom Daschle will be HHS , and the senator really feels that h... ...But if I were to offer you this job, HHS secretary, would you come?” And I said... ...Dole and Roberts for your nomination as HHS secretary? Well, it was very nice... ...was something that was good. You got HHS in the middle of another pandemic, th... ...healthcare reform when you first got to HHS ? Was there public support? Oh... ...her on those initiatives? Absolutely. HHS was the lead on those, so we did a lo... ...We staffed her office with folks from HHS on the Let's Move! initiative, bu... ...rejected in order to land there. But HHS would actually help staff thos... ...that emerged in early 2010 over HHS — One controversy? [Laughter] ... ...that emerged in early 2012 over HHS rules that didn't exempt religiou... ...have nearly enough inspectors, nor does HHS . HHS has a portion of the foo... ...nearly enough inspectors, nor does HHS. HHS has a portion of the food industry, an... ...food safety. When you arrived at HHS , responsibility for food-safet... ...of food safety wasn't a top priority at HHS . We were going to go along wit... ...Plan B One-Step. In December of 2011, HHS turned back an FDA decision to make th... ...the leader of our team. The team was HHS that came at the problem, really, fro... ...me are Health and Human Services [ HHS ] or Energy, because that seems abou... ...“Well, it's likely Tom Daschle will be HHS , and the senator really feels that h... ...But if I were to offer you this job, HHS secretary, would you come?” And I said... ...Dole and Roberts for your nomination as HHS secretary? Well, it was very nice... ...was something that was good. You got HHS in the middle of another pandemic, th... ...healthcare reform when you first got to HHS ? Was there public support? Oh... ...her on those initiatives? Absolutely. HHS was the lead on those, so we did a lo... ...We staffed her office with folks from HHS on the Let's Move! initiative, bu... ...rejected in order to land there. But HHS would actually help staff thos... ...that emerged in early 2010 over HHS — One controversy? [Laughter] ... ...that emerged in early 2012 over HHS rules that didn't exempt religiou... ...have nearly enough inspectors, nor does HHS . HHS has a portion of the foo... ...nearly enough inspectors, nor does HHS. HHS has a portion of the food industry, an... ...food safety. When you arrived at HHS , responsibility for food-safet... ...of food safety wasn't a top priority at HHS . We were going to go along wit... ...Plan B One-Step. In December of 2011, HHS turned back an FDA decision to make th... ...the leader of our team. The team was HHS that came at the problem, really, fro... ...me are Health and Human Services [ HHS ] or Energy, because that seems abou... ...“Well, it's likely Tom Daschle will be HHS , and the senator really feels that h... ...But if I were to offer you this job, HHS secretary, would you come?” And I said... ...Dole and Roberts for your nomination as HHS secretary? Well, it was very nice... ...was something that was good. You got HHS in the middle of another pandemic, th... ...healthcare reform when you first got to HHS ? Was there public support? Oh... ...her on those initiatives? Absolutely. HHS was the lead on those, so we did a lo... ...We staffed her office with folks from HHS on the Let's Move! initiative, bu... ...rejected in order to land there. But HHS would actually help staff thos... ...that emerged in early 2010 over HHS — One controversy? [Laughter] ... ...that emerged in early 2012 over HHS rules that didn't exempt religiou... ...have nearly enough inspectors, nor does HHS . HHS has a portion of the foo... ...nearly enough inspectors, nor does HHS. HHS has a portion of the food industry, an... ...food safety. When you arrived at HHS , responsibility for food-safet... ...of food safety wasn't a top priority at HHS . We were going to go along wit... ...Plan B One-Step. In December of 2011, HHS turned back an FDA decision to make th... ...the leader of our team. The team was HHS that came at the problem, really, fro... Show more... Max Baucus ...that situation. After I get a hearing, HHS [Department of Health and Huma... ...situation. After I get a hearing, HHS [ Department of Health and Human Services ] nominee Doc [Otis R.] Bowen is befor... ...was one big hiccup, and that's when HHS is trying to implement the exchanges... ...And oh, it became clear to me that HHS had not done its job. These were goin... Nancy Nielsen ...the law in the things that you did at HHS [Department of Health and Huma... ...law in the things that you did at HHS [ Department of Health and Human Services ]? Well, yes, I was. And again, thi... Neera Tanden ...the job and joining the team over at HHS [Department of Health and Huma... ...was named on the transition to be HHS secretary, and I knew Tom and ha... ...to be that health czar. He was the HHS secretary and healthcare reform cza... ...I think, super smartly. I came in from HHS , and Jason Furman was there. He had ... ...from here on. What did your role at HHS and your work on healthcare reform loo... ...Then it was Jeanne Lambrew and me from HHS ; like, three people. So we could'v... ...staff from the White House, staff from HHS , OMB, Treasury, and the NEC. That wa... ...vote? We did not. I am at HHS , and the Massachusetts election i... ...the job and joining the team over at HHS [Department of Health and Huma... ...was named on the transition to be HHS secretary, and I knew Tom and ha... ...to be that health czar. He was the HHS secretary and healthcare reform cza... ...I think, super smartly. I came in from HHS , and Jason Furman was there. He had ... ...from here on. What did your role at HHS and your work on healthcare reform loo... ...Then it was Jeanne Lambrew and me from HHS ; like, three people. So we could'v... ...staff from the White House, staff from HHS , OMB, Treasury, and the NEC. That wa... ...vote? We did not. I am at HHS , and the Massachusetts election i... Show more... Regina Benjamin ...But these agencies, everybody from the HHS [Department of Health and Huma... ...agencies, everybody from the HHS [ Department of Health and Human Services ] to HUD [Department of Housing an... ...Fund, that would be administered by HHS . Could you talk a little bit abou... Steven Chu ...in charge. The next one would be HHS [Department of Health and Huma... ...in charge. The next one would be HHS [ Department of Health and Human Services ] because of the NIH and things lik... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Climate, Environment, and Energy Climate, Environment, and Energy go to the Healthcare Healthcare Latin America Coming soon Criminal Justice Coming soon Public Health Coming soon