Although it’s not official sources are reporting that Obama has chosen Tom Daschle as Secretary of Health and Human Services.
After an earlier round of hand-wringing about whether President-elect Obama would push off health care reform out of fear of its economic and political costs, some experts and advocates in the field are increasingly optimistic that the incoming president will in fact act decisively and ambitiously to pursue reform in his first year.
These experts point to several very recent rapid-fire developments to justify their hopes, first among them the announcement today that Obama has tapped Tom Daschle as secretary of Health and Human Services.
Frankly, I think you can’t fix the economy without fixing healthcare. They go hand in hand.