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President Obama talked about how to tackle the prescription drug overdose problem in the U.S. Then he participated in a panel discussion on prescription drug abuse and heroin addiction with …

Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell delivered opening remarks at the department’s forum about the development of new pharmaceuticals and concerns about rising drug costs. Then…

The National Action Network (NAN) held its annual breakfast in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr., at the Mayflower Renaissance Hotel. Featured speakers included Housing and Urban Development …

Three members of President Obama’s cabinet made brief remarks to the press after the first White House cabinet meeting of 2015. They addressed the fiscal year 2016 budget initiatives that af…

Governors met with Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell to discuss the implementation of the Affordable Care Act in the states. Topics included rural treatment availability and…

The 2015 White House Conference on Aging began with a panel discussion on the role of and support for caregivers.

Secretary Sylvia Burwell talked about health care policy priorities and interests. She urged members of Congress who continue to push to repeal the Affordable Care Act to find common ground …

Secretary Sylvia Burwell testified at a hearing on the Department of Health and Human Services' priorities and policies. Some committee members' questions dealt with reports that consumers w…

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew and other Cabinet secretaries and federal official spoke to reporters about the release of the annual reports of the Social Security and Medicare Trustees Boards.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell testified at a hearing on the development of nutrition guidelines. Issues included he process for dev…

Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell gave the keynote address at the National Association of Medicaid Directors fall conference, which marked the 50th anniversary of the social…

Secretary Burwell spoke at a kick-off meeting of the Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network, which aims to bring public and private sector actors together to build on the Affordable…

Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell testified before the House Ways and Means Committee. The hearing, which was listed as a fiscal year 2016 budget hearing, centered on the Su…

Secretary Sylvia Burwell testified at a Senate Finance Committee hearing on the Department of Health and Human Services' proposed fiscal year 2016 budget, which included funding for federall…

Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell testified on her department’s fiscal year 2016 budget request. The request totaled $83.8 billion, including funds for improving access to h…

Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell briefed reporters and responded to questions on her agency’s fiscal year 2016 budget request. Included in the budget was a biomedical resea…

Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell testified before a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on her department’s fiscal year 2016 budget request. Topics included access to he…

Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell, and other government officials held a press conference at the Department of Justice to announce the result…