Kathleen Sebelius

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Kathleen Sebelius is an American politician and former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services who played a central role in the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.

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instanceOf Democratic Party politician
human
politician
appointedBy Barack Obama
boardMemberOf Five Lives (health tech company)
Humana Inc.
The Century Foundation
The Kaiser Family Foundation
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
degree bachelor's degree in political science
educatedAt Trinity Washington University
University of Kansas
familyName Sebelius
father John J. Gilligan NERFINISHED
fatherOccupation Governor of Ohio
givenName Kathleen
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party
notableEvent oversaw HealthCare.gov rollout
notableFor health care policy
health insurance regulation
notableWork implementation of the Affordable Care Act
occupation lobbyist
politician
officeEndTime 2014-06-09
officeEndTime (Governor of Kansas) 2009-04-28
officeEndTime (Insurance Commissioner of Kansas) 2003-01-13
officeStartTime 2009-04-28
officeStartTime (Governor of Kansas) 2003-01-13
officeStartTime (Insurance Commissioner of Kansas) 1995-01-09
partySwitch former Republican turned Democrat
playedCentralRoleIn implementation of the Affordable Care Act
policyArea Medicaid expansion
health insurance exchanges
public health
positionHeld Governor of Kansas
Insurance Commissioner of Kansas
United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
predecessor Michael O. Leavitt
predecessor (Governor of Kansas) Bill Graves
predecessor (Insurance Commissioner of Kansas) Ron Todd
religion Roman Catholic Church
sexOrGender female
spouse Gary Sebelius
stateRepresented Kansas
successor Sylvia Mathews Burwell
successor (Governor of Kansas) Mark Parkinson
successor (Insurance Commissioner of Kansas) Sandy Praeger NERFINISHED

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