Secretary Sebelius Announces Appointment of Cindy Mann as Director of the Center for Medicaid and State Operations (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
WASHINGTON----U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced the appointment of Cindy Mann to serve as Director of the Center for Medicaid and State Operations , part of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services .

National sales tax mulled to offset debt (The Star-Ledger)
With budget deficits soaring and President Obama pushing a trillion-dollar-plus expansion of health coverage, some Washington policymakers are taking a fresh look at a money-making idea long considered politically taboo: a national sales tax. Common around the world, including in...

SPIN METER: Sotomayor's contradictory images (AP via Yahoo! News)
There are two sides to Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor: a Latina from a blue-collar family and a wealthy member of America's power elite.