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** FILE ** Sylvia Mathews Burwell, President Barack Obama’s nominee to become secretary of Health and Human Services, appears before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee for her confirmation hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 8, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Sylvia Mathews Burwell, President Barack Obama’s nominee to become secretary of Health and Human Services, appears before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee for her confirmation hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 8, 2014. Burwell has found favor with both Republicans and Democrats in her current role as the head of the Office of Management and Budget and would replace Kathleen Sebelius who resigned last month after presiding over the Affordable Care Act and its problematic rollout. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Sylvia Mathews Burwell, President Barack Obama’s nominee to become secretary of Health and Human Services, appears before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee for her confirmation hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 8, 2014. Burwell has found favor with both Republicans and Democrats in her current role as the head of the Office of Management and Budget and would replace Kathleen Sebelius who resigned last month after presiding over the Affordable Care Act and its problematic rollout. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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In this April 30, 2014 photo, Bill Britt, who suffers from epileptic seizures and leg pain from a childhood case of polio, prepares a medical marijuana joint at his home in Long Beach, Calif. Britt lives mostly on Social Security income and gets his supply for free from a friend whom he helps water and grow the plants. Insurers are reluctant to cover medical marijuana because of conflicting laws and lack of approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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In this April 30, 2014 photo, Bill Britt, who suffers from epileptic seizures and leg pain from a childhood case of polio, vaporizes medical marijuana at his home in Long Beach, Calif. Britt lives mostly on Social Security income and gets his supply for free from a friend whom he helps water and grow the plants. Insurers are reluctant to cover medical marijuana because of conflicting laws and lack of approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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In this April 30, 2014 photo, Bill Britt, who suffers from epileptic seizures and leg pain from a childhood case of polio, vaporizes medical marijuana at his home in Long Beach, Calif. Britt lives mostly on Social Security income and gets his supply for free from a friend whom he helps water and grow the plants. Insurers are reluctant to cover medical marijuana because of conflicting laws and lack of approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
