Sebelius: Bid for GOP support delayed health care
Category U.S. | Sunday, March 7th, 2010
WASHINGTON — Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Sunday that health care reform would have been “dead on arrival” if the White House had sent a finished proposal to Congress last year.
The secretary also blamed delays in passing the measure on President Barack Obama having to spend “far too much time talking about what’s not in the bill” and trying to counter “wild accusations” by Republicans.
Under a new push to get the measure through Congress, Obama set a March 18 deadline for the House to pass the Senate version of the legislation before he leaves on a trip to Asia.