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Heidi Alexander: In the article, it said: . . . Ms. Sebelius had made calls soliciting support from the health care industry, including…

On the recordMay 13, 2013
In the article, it said: . . . Ms. Sebelius had made calls soliciting support from the health care industry, including insurance and pharmaceutical executives. . . . . a spokesman for Ms. Sebelius, said she had suggested that health care executives and others support the work of Enroll America, a private nonprofit group that shares the president's goal of securing coverage for people without insurance. An insurance executive said that some insurers had been asked for $1 million [in] donations, and that ``bigger companies have been asked for a lot more.'' Administration officials said private donations were needed because Congress had provided much less money than Mr. Obama requested to publicize the new law and get people enrolled in health plans subsidized by the government. The article further talks about Ms. Filipic. She worked on Mr. Obama's 2008 campaign. She was deputy executive director of the Democratic National Committee. She worked in the Obama White House as deputy director of the Office of Public Engagement. She said her time is not political in her work for enroll America. She says: We are thrilled to be working with Secretary Sebelius and to have her support.…
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Heidi Alexander
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May 13, 2013

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