Videos

Ceremonies were held in recognition of the Centennial Meeting of the National Governors Association (NGA). Retrospective videos were also shown. Then current and former governors participate…

Mike Leavitt, Stephen Johnson, and Nancy Nord conducted a media briefing to discuss a new paper published today by the members of the interagency Working Group on Import Safety. The paper …

Cabinet officials testified at a hearing about the ability of hospitals and medical facilities to respond to large-scale disasters. Among the issues they addressed were emergency operations …

Mike Leavitt talked current Medicare & Medicaid programs, funding for those programs, availability of electronic medical information, as well as other issues. HR 5613, which would block sev…

Secretary Michael Leavitt announced the launch of the Hospital Quality Alliance web site, Hospital Compare, which allows consumers to access data on patient satisfaction for nearly all hospi…

Cabinet secretaries and Commissioner Astrue announced that the Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees met today to complete their annual financial review of the programs and to tran…

Secretary Leavitt testified about the proposed fiscal year 2009 budget for the Department of Health and Human Services. The focus was on funding for Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Childre…

Secretary Leavitt and other department officials talked with reporters about the administration’s proposed fiscal year 2009 budget for the Department of Health and Human Services. The secret…

Secretary Mike Leavitt talked about President Bush’s proposal to rein in the costs of Medicaid and Medicaid, the nation’s largest entitlement programs, by $196 billion over the next five yea…