Department of Health and Human Services - Obama Presidency Oral History Department of Health and Human Services Index / Organizations Transcript Sylvia Burwell ...Following that role, she led the Department of Health and Human Services [HHS] from 2014 through '17, the secon... ...of Health and Human Services [ HHS ] from 2014 through '17, the secon... ...I was so fortunate, when I get to HHS , and I'm in the middle of Ebola, ... ...that in our next session, I think, HHS . Is there anything else you'd like t... ...a thought that you might go on to the HHS ? There was no thought. There was n... ...looking at you as a candidate for the HHS job? I know that you had health-relate... ...fit with what you were needing to do in HHS . Yes. My nature is hopefull... ...I could nominate—if I was secretary of HHS —people to come and be a part, and the... ...red hot. And similarly, when I get to HHS , the ACA portion of this is red hot... ...too, in addition to talking more about HHS . Are there any other directions yo... ...minute—we'll figure out. We need to do HHS . We'll do HHS, but we'll figure ou... ...figure out. We need to do HHS. We'll do HHS , but we'll figure out whether or no... ...or did not feed into your later work in HHS . But really, before we get to that, ... ...the next part of the conversation on HHS , is a context that is essential. ... ...we'd love to hear it. When I moved to HHS , we were obviously in the second year... ...describe how many people there were at HHS to deal with ACA? Was it the righ... ...connected with organizations outside of HHS who were the players. We also di... ...broad responsibility that you had at HHS for things other than the ACA... ...in the first three weeks that I'm at HHS . Ebola gets up and gets running... ...that cuts across government, because HHS 's only role—this is a nationa... ...health centers that are run through HHS —they serve seventeen percent of the U... ...my food. I'm kind of close, because the HHS is relatively close to the Hill. Th... ...of investing in the long-term health of HHS , or when I was at OMB, how are w... ...structures and fix the communication at HHS , especially in regard to ACA. What di... ...the things that is an unusual thing is, HHS doesn't have under secretaries. It'... ...steps from a management perspective at HHS that I tried to put in place. I woul... ...is a challenge in a place as large as HHS and with as many things going on a... ...as our team, not the White House and HHS . We worked as one, and we had trust... ...to that. On the international front, HHS is important. Because often, when ther... ...ground. So that part of the work at HHS , in conjunction with your Nationa... ...forget. Right before I had come to HHS , Kathleen and Susan Rice had launche... ...change while you were still there in HHS . If it did link at all to your work... ...health. That was the main place that HHS was needed. We were on a number o... ...appreciated that until I really got to HHS and could see all of the differen... ...a question about how your experience at HHS changed or reshaped your understandin... ...Following that role, she led the Department of Health and Human Services [HHS] from 2014 through '17, the secon... ...of Health and Human Services [ HHS ] from 2014 through '17, the secon... ...I was so fortunate, when I get to HHS , and I'm in the middle of Ebola, ... ...that in our next session, I think, HHS . Is there anything else you'd like t... ...a thought that you might go on to the HHS ? There was no thought. There was n... ...looking at you as a candidate for the HHS job? I know that you had health-relate... ...fit with what you were needing to do in HHS . Yes. My nature is hopefull... ...I could nominate—if I was secretary of HHS —people to come and be a part, and the... ...red hot. And similarly, when I get to HHS , the ACA portion of this is red hot... ...too, in addition to talking more about HHS . Are there any other directions yo... ...minute—we'll figure out. We need to do HHS . We'll do HHS, but we'll figure ou... ...figure out. We need to do HHS. We'll do HHS , but we'll figure out whether or no... ...or did not feed into your later work in HHS . But really, before we get to that, ... ...the next part of the conversation on HHS , is a context that is essential. ... ...we'd love to hear it. When I moved to HHS , we were obviously in the second year... ...describe how many people there were at HHS to deal with ACA? Was it the righ... ...connected with organizations outside of HHS who were the players. We also di... ...broad responsibility that you had at HHS for things other than the ACA... ...in the first three weeks that I'm at HHS . Ebola gets up and gets running... ...that cuts across government, because HHS 's only role—this is a nationa... ...health centers that are run through HHS —they serve seventeen percent of the U... ...my food. I'm kind of close, because the HHS is relatively close to the Hill. Th... ...of investing in the long-term health of HHS , or when I was at OMB, how are w... ...structures and fix the communication at HHS , especially in regard to ACA. What di... ...the things that is an unusual thing is, HHS doesn't have under secretaries. It'... ...steps from a management perspective at HHS that I tried to put in place. I woul... ...is a challenge in a place as large as HHS and with as many things going on a... ...as our team, not the White House and HHS . We worked as one, and we had trust... ...to that. On the international front, HHS is important. Because often, when ther... ...ground. So that part of the work at HHS , in conjunction with your Nationa... ...forget. Right before I had come to HHS , Kathleen and Susan Rice had launche... ...change while you were still there in HHS . If it did link at all to your work... ...health. That was the main place that HHS was needed. We were on a number o... ...appreciated that until I really got to HHS and could see all of the differen... ...a question about how your experience at HHS changed or reshaped your understandin... Show more... Tom Harkin ...of] Health and Human Services [ HHS ] to put in the military. Hatfiel... ...chair, but I was chair of the Labor- HHS appropriations. And you had a presiden... Nancy-Ann DeParle ...enjoyed the second term, when I was at HHS [Department of Health and Huma... ...the second term, when I was at HHS [ Department of Health and Human Services ], running HCFA, now CMS. Now that wa... ...from the process to be the secretary of HHS . So they didn't have jobs, and the... ...who was my boss, the secretary of HHS , said, “Well, I know this woman... ...versus working in an agency like HHS quite different. And it's hard t... ...departments that were affected, so HHS , Treasury, Labor, and the White Hous... ...outside the White House, including HHS , that we were even contemplating tha... ...enjoyed the second term, when I was at HHS [Department of Health and Huma... ...the second term, when I was at HHS [ Department of Health and Human Services ], running HCFA, now CMS. Now that wa... ...from the process to be the secretary of HHS . So they didn't have jobs, and the... ...who was my boss, the secretary of HHS , said, “Well, I know this woman... ...versus working in an agency like HHS quite different. And it's hard t... ...departments that were affected, so HHS , Treasury, Labor, and the White Hous... ...outside the White House, including HHS , that we were even contemplating tha... Show more... Arun Majumdar ...once said to me when he was running HHS [Department of Health and Huma... Cecile Richards ...was a blue ribbon panel appointed, and HHS was involved, Health and Huma... Jeanne Lambrew ...addition, she served as director of the Department of Health and Human Services [HHS] Office of Health Reform from 200... ...of Health and Human Services [ HHS ] Office of Health Reform from 2009 t... ...Daschle to serve as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services , and to lead a newly created Whit... ...us. And of course, you ended up at the Department of Health and Human Services , where you led the Office of Healt... ...Reform Policy there. Did working at HHS rather than working at the White Hous... ...I was able to marshal the resources of HHS because I was there; I was on th... ...marry the incredible resources of the Department of Health and Human Services with that focal point in the Whit... ...I've read that in your work at HHS , you were involved in implementing th... ...that went into it. Once I got to HHS , I was working on health reform. So... ...roughly similar rules, etc. My job at HHS was to organize a team so we were read... ...I was in the room for the HHS to say what we could potentially do, t... ...that we would commit to doing at the Health and Human Services Department . So at 2:00 a.m., I had to cal... ...House Office of Health Reform and the HHS Office of Health Reform, it was jus... ...Reform. I wanted to shut down the HHS Office of Health Reform as well, bu... ...right? So that would be my role in both HHS and the Obama White House, becaus... Show more... Michael Minor ...Baptist, then this person from the HHS [Health and Human Services] to come an... ...feel supported by the administration, HHS , as you did that work with healt... ...had somebody else to be over with HHS , but they said, “Look, let's get Dr... ...from the state through a grant from HHS . Don't ask me what kind of grant tha... ...of course, was a partnership with HHS — Well, this is how it was. This wa... ...thing we're doing, and we're adding the HHS partnership because it's just lik... ...Pretty much whatever there is with HHS , we've been pushing. Got it. I'll as... Show more... Sandra Fluke ...we saw the Obama administration's and HHS 's proposed rules around access t... ...how much I appreciate this policy that HHS is leading on. And please stand by thi... Related Topics go to the Healthcare Healthcare go to the Climate, Environment, and Energy Climate, Environment, and Energy Native America Coming soon Africa Coming soon Education Coming soon