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Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell speaks at the Treasury Department in Washington on July 28, 2014. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

HHS outlines shift away from Medicare fee-for-service model

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell speaks at the Treasury Department in Washington in this July 28, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Sylvia Burwell, HHS secretary, uses MLK Day speech to promote Obamacare at Al Sharpton event

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell speaks at the Treasury Department in Washington in this July 28, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Sylvia Mathews Burwell to GOP-led Congress: Get over Obamacare, focus on common ground

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama sits next to Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell as he speaks about Ebola during a meeting with his national security and public health teams, Friday, Dec. 12, 2014, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obamacare enrollment on federal exchange reaches nearly 6.4M

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Hoping to wrangle last-minute shoppers for the Jan. 1 deadline, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell met with religious leaders Friday on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)

Obamacare enrollment deadline looms

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 14, 2014 file photo, Sylvia Mathews Burwell, then-President Barack Obama’s nominee to become secretary of Health and Human Services testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Doctors caring for low-income patients are facing a steep fee cut next year as a temporary program in President Barack Obama’s health care law expires. That could reduce patients’ access just when millions of new people are gaining Medicaid coverage. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

HHS pleads with Obamacare customers to shop before key Monday deadline

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama shares a humorous moment with a group of doctors from around the country in the Oval Office, Oct. 5, 2009, prior to a health insurance reform event at the White House.
(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Obama health reforms saved 50,000 lives from 2010 to 2013, Obama team insists

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - This Nov. 12, 2014 file photo shows the HealthCare.gov website, where people can buy health insurance, on a laptop screen, shown in Portland, Ore. Consumers in most places will see their health insurance premiums go up next year for popular plans under President Barack Obama’s health care law. But it will take time to get to a bottom line for family finances, let alone the larger political battle over the program’s future. For many people, government subsidies will cushion the hit. And there’s a new factor: returning customers who are savvy about health insurance and unafraid to shop for a better deal. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)

HHS: More than 450K chose plan on HealthCare.gov in first week

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Sylvia Mathews Burwell, then-President Barack Obama's nominee to become secretary of Health and Human Services testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington in this May 8, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Sylvia Mathews Burwell: Obamacare challenge before Supreme Court won’t succeed

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Sen. Orrin Hatch, Utah Republican, addresses a crowd during the Utah Republican Party nominating convention, in Sandy, Utah, on April 26, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

GOP senators to HHS secretary: Who’s recouping money for lousy Obamacare exchanges?

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell talks during a news conference as Columbus Mayor Michael B. Coleman listens on Thursday, Nov.13, 2014 at the Columbus Metropolitan Library in Columbus, Ohio. Burwell says enrolling in health insurance should be faster and easier for consumers during the second sign-up period for the federal health care law. Officials are hoping to avoid a repeat of last year's website meltdown. Open enrollment under Obama's health overhaul starts Saturday. (AP Photo/The Columbus Dispatch, Fred Squillante)

EDITORIAL: The last Obamacare open enrollment

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell implored the nation's doctors Thursday to help the U.S. stem the threat of Ebola and keep health care workers safe against the deadly virus. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

HHS secretary asks nation’s doctors to stay ready for Ebola as possible NYC patient emerges

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

This image shows the updated website for HealthCare.gov, a federal government website managed by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service. The Obama administration has unveiled an updated version of HealthCare.gov. It's got some improvements and some challenges. There's also at least one early mistake. (Associated Press)

HHS Secretary Burwell: HealthCare.gov will be more reliable this year

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Two days after a man in Texas was diagnosed with Ebola, Dr. Gil Mobley, a Missouri doctor, checks in to board a plane dressed in full protection gear Thursday morning, Oct. 2, 2014, at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. He was protesting what he called mismanagement of the crisis by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, John Spink)

Ebola screening abroad paramount: HHS secretary Burwell

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell touted Obamacare's enrollment numbers in a speech Tuesday, saying "... we're spending our health care dollars more wisely and we're starting to receive higher quality care." (Associated Press)

Sylvia Burwell touts Obamacare enrollment numbers

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell, center, flanked by Treasury Secretary and Managing Trustee Jacob J. Lew, left, and Labor Secretary Thomas E. Perez, speaks at a news conference at the Treasury Department in Washington, Monday, July 28, 2014, to discuss the release of the annual Trustees Reports. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Medicare trust fund to last 4 years longer: Obama administration

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and other senators gather for a closed-door briefing with intelligence officials about the Obama administration&#8217;s decision to swap five members of the Taliban for captive Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 4, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McConnell uses Burwell vote to bash Obamacare

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell (Associated Press)

Senate confirms Burwell as HHS secretary, new face of Obamacare

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

** 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)

HHS nominee Sylvia Mathews Burwell passes test vote in Senate

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Burwell gets committee approval for health post

By ERICA WERNER - Associated Press