kathleen sebelius, secretaria de saludencuestas muestran que mas de la mitad de las mujeres del paisa debido a su costo. incluidos en los beneficios estan el acceso gratuito a cobertura de anticonceptivos, lo que es todavia una controversia porque organizaciones religiosas como la conferencia nacional de obispos se han opuesto a estar obligados a cumplir con este requisito, aunque el gobierno les ha dado mas tiempo para cumplirlo. el tema podria terminar resolviendose en las cortes federales. segun organizaciones hispanas como el consejo nacional de la raza, los beneficios que entran en vigencia ayudaran a muchas latinas. liany elba arroyo, con. nac. de la razaestos servicios estaran abiertos bajo medicaid, si mujeres de bajos ingresos estan en ese programa van a tener acceso tambien. standup: fernando pizarro, washington d.c.algunos seguros pre- existentes a la reforma de salud no estan obligados a ofrecer estos beneficios gratuitamente por ahora, por lo si tiene seguro medico, expertos recomiendan consultar con su compania aseguradora. desde washington, fernando pizarro, univision

then kathleen sebelius on the benefits for women on the health care law. after that the weekly addresses by president obama and eric cantor. cantor.

secretary of health and human services kathleen sebelius says will will no long are have to decide between their medical needs and providing for their families. >> being a woman will no longer be a preexisting condition in this country. for too long, insurance companies have stacked the deck against women forcing us to pay more for coverage that didn't meet our needs. a new day for women's health has finally arrived. >> the new requirements apply to women who have private insurance plans as well as those covered under medicare and medicaid. >>> another big story we are following. a ban on late-term abortions in the district was defeated in the house of representatives last night. the district found allies from lawmakers who agreed that d.c. was being picked on and bullied after trent franks enraged district leaders with his idea. >> mr. speaker, if we cannot find the will or the courage to protect human babies from being tortured, then what claim on human compassion remains to us? what we are doing to babies is real, mr. speaker. it is barbaric in the purest sense of the word. >> we need t

it was approximately a month ago that secretary kathleen sebelius said the u.s. department of health and human services announced the creation of this new federal agency, and that is the administration for community living. and in her words, she said "for too long, too many americans have faced the a possible choice between moving to an institution or living at home without the long-term services and support they need." so this new administration for community living will be to helping people with disabilities, as well as seniors, to live a productive, satisfying lives. now, as you may be aware, the aging and disability population has been recognized actually at the local and state levels for quite some time now. so the mechanisms for providing support that facility community living have been really brought together into local and state agencies such as the san francisco departments the of aging and adult services that serves those populations since the year 2000. yet, at the federal level, policy developments from a community outreach, and program implementation

the obama administration and kathleen sebelius tried to redefine what an organization is. and they said, it's only those who serve catholics and employing catholics. this is a narrow definition. mother teresa couldn't qualify it. and simone campbell is a leader of a group called network. she is critiqued by beinged a odds. she is -- inviting a sister like her might not resonate in the same way that cardinal dolan is. she is missing the habit, james. which we look for when we look at nuns. >> a lot of catholics don't agree with the social aspects of the religion when it comes to women. james, let me ask you this to. you wanted to make a link. the other voting bloc that could turn the election is hispanics. 70% of the hispanics in the country are catholics. do you think that this could help with that crucial group to get the numbers he needs to win the white house. >> in a word, no. and catholics are -- you know, will pick our cues and goo to vote. people who do go to church tend to be more republican. but i do think we should have the nuns at our convention. i think the nun

it's my honor and privilege to introduce secretary kathleen sebelius who currently serves as the 21st secretary at the u.s. department of health and human services. secretary sebelius has led in bush's efforts to improve america's health and enhance the delivery of human services. some of these efforts conclude implementing reforms, the affordable care act, holding 34 million uninsured americans get health coverage, working to slow health care growth costs, promoting public-private partnerships to bring life-saving medicine to markets and collaborating with the u.s. department of education to help states increase the quality of early childhood education programs to get along with other administration officials, secretary sebelius is a champion of bullying prevention efforts such as launching the historic effort to stop bullying in schools and communities for mechanisms such as the stop bullying website. a one-stop shop for kids, teens, parents and educators to go on line to learn more about preventing and stopping bullying. she is truly passionate of helping others. her passion is to

among the speakers, health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius and maryland first lady katie o'malley. >> good morning, everyone. how y'all doing? good. welcome, welcome to washington d.c. welcome to our third annual summit. this is great. my name is michael, i am the deputy assistant secretary for the office of elementary and secondary education at the department. the mission of my office, the office of elementary and secondary education s to promote academic excellence and insure equitable opportunities for educationally-disadvantaged kids. and we have a number of great efforts and programs to sport this mission. race to the top early learning challenge which provides kids with a great opportunity to start off right, particularly high-needs kids, give them access to high quality early learning programs. we have our title i program which provides resources to support low income kids, make sure they have the support and the services necessary to succeed. we have grants to improve teacher effectiveness, we have programs to turn around our lowest performing schools, english lan

. >> health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius recently sent a letter to congress sayingould not accept any changes that undercut the work requirement. republicans say they are still skeptical. >>> are all d.c. business paying their fair share in taxes? the city approved a tax reduction for commercial properties totaling more than $48 million. it is reported that the fbi is checking into those reductions. matt ackland has the story. >> reporter: it is not cheap to live in d.c. and for many who own homes and businesses here, property taxes are hard to stomach. a.j.cooper who is running for city council hears about taxes in general all the time. >> we've been all over the city and the consensus is the taxes are high, they're the highest in the region and people would like lower taxes. >> reporter: that is why a report by the "washington post" has many people talking and asking if everyone is getting a fair shake. the post says the office of tax and revenue grant the $2.6 billion in reductions in taxable value on commercial properties. that comes out to about $48 million in

. >> bret: the white house says the health and human secretary services kathleen sebelius sent out ato lawmakers wednesday saying, clarifying that the waivers would be granted if the state aim to increase work placement, increase work placement by 20%. waivers would be rescinded unless state demonstrated clear progress toward that goal within the first year. >> the white house is saying this is much ado about nothing. the romney campaign is jumping on it >> much ado about evening. we promise you we will only allow the waiver where you increase employment and doesn't extend staying on the dole indefinitely. i don't want to rely on the promise. it want to rely on the law as written. if you believe they will adhere to it, i'll sell you a bridge. there is no love of the law in the first place. >> bret: a back and forth that developed today, ad for the super pac supporting president obama raised eyebrows, including from governor romney. >> when bain closed the plant i lost my healthcare michigan family lost their healthcare. shortly after that my wife became ill and admitted her for pneum

health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius and ray lahood will lay it out. nearly two dozen kids have died. >>> it is almost that time. back to school. it is just around the corner. tonight rockville is hoping to get kids excited and prepared. the city is holding their annual back to school jam tonight happening from 6:30 to 9:30 at the lincoln park community center. there from a deejay, moonbounce and free food. parents can buy fully stocked backpacks for just $1 as well as receive health screenings and find up for after school programs. it will be the last weekend for summer for unds of students in our area as well. prince george's county schools begin class enon monday. some will be headed to a brand new school green belt middle school opens on monday. it will serve about 1,000 students from grades 6 through 8th. >>> on tantibiotics may be linko obesity in children. introducing too many antibiotics into the body may throw the balance of good and bad bacteria in the stomach out of whack. especially for kids. to see how that worked in real life, the doctor

when health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius announced in january that insurance plansver preventative services for women, including birth control, as of today, suddenly in the year 2012, virtually the whole republican party started fighting against access to birth control like they were defending hickem field in hindsight. the republicans spent about a month in february inveighing against access to birth control. which must have felt great to them, until they noticed stuff like the polling showing 40% of voters being less likely to vote for the republican presidential nominee because of his pledge to eliminate the new birth control benefit. maybe that was it. maybe it was whatever, but whatever it was, republicans had their sort of month of anti-birth control excitement months ago. but then they had kind of laid off the birth control fight for a while, until today. today, as the new birth control access rule goes into effect, as women are seeing the benefits of greater access to contraception, republicans are back. back to talking about birth control access as a threat

he would be a good replacement for kathleen sebelius, the health and human services secretary. if romney and paul got together and showed the paul supporters that he is going to be part of my administration, a lot of the areas he is an expert in will be used in the round the administration, that would be a plus. host: what do you think about paul ryan as a running mate? caller: good choice. i would have preferred the representative in florida, not rubio. what his name? i am drawing a blank right now. he was one of the guys mentioned as a possibility. an african american guy. host: allen west? caller: yes, allen west. paul ryan is a great guy with great numbers. he seems to have a passion for what he does. i am supporting them. no doubt about it. host: we talked to pete sessions, chairman of the national republican congressional committee. one of the conversations with our reporters, he talked about the impact of mitt romney's selection of congressman paul ryan as his running mate. the state a look. [video clip] >> the choice of paul ryan will be a boost to everyone of our candi

it's my honor and privilege to introduce secretary kathleen sebelius who currently serves as the 23stt -- secretary at the u.s. department of health and human services. secretary sebelius has led ambitious efforts to improve america's health and enhance the delivery of human services. some of these efforts include implementing reforms via the affordable care act, helping 34 million uninsured americans get health coverage, working to slow health care growth costs, promoting public/private partnerships to bring life saving medicines to market and collaborating with the u.s. department of education to help states increase the quality of early childhood education programs. along with other administration officials, secretary sebelius is a champion of bullying prevention efforts such as launching the historic effort to stop bull riing in schools and -- bullying in schools and commitments through mechanisms such as the stopbullying.gov web site, a one-stop shop for kids, teens, parents and educators to go online to learn about preventing and stopping bullying. she's truly passionate about h

the secretary of health and human services kathleen sebelius was being interviewed in the context of stories the were being reported about tremendous increases in health insurance premiums but individuals are having to pay like 20, 30, 40%. and i found the question and answer really quite remarkable. the question that was asked by the interviewers what should people do if they get an increase in their premiums of 20, 30 or 40% and they can't afford it? and this was after health care reform and the most remarkable answer which i frankly was not aware of until it was said so starkly her reply was they should contact the governor of their state and state legislatures demanding that deval will be changed referring to the law pretending to the health insurance review. and what that told me was that there's nothing in the health care reform law to stop the increase in the cost of private health insurance or medicaid. there's nothing. so we define health care reform the problem as a lack of insurance. is that the real problem? is the real problem affordability? for the subsidies on explodin

. >> health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius joined a number of senate democrats to promote new women's health provisions that go into effect tomorrow. the new coverage provisions require insurance companies to offer certain preventive care services without additional co-pays. including annual breast exams, prenatal care and contraception. this is an hour. >> we've got our team? everybody here? well, good morning, everybody. i, first of all, want to start by thanking senator mikulski for organizing this announcement today and for inviting me to join these wonderful senate leaders and a consumer from ohio, um, to talk about women's health. the leaders i'm with today have been such strong advocates for women and their health for decades, and i'm really pleased to join them. today is, um, we're here to mark a new day for women's health in america. starting tomorrow thanks to the new health care law, all insurance policies will be required to cover new, vital care that women need to stay healthy. and they'll have to cover the care without charging women anything out of pocket. n

recently, the united states secretary of human services, kathleen sebelius announced two important actionsrelevant to the national strategies second goal. first, the secretary announced nearly $80 billion in new grant awards that will expand care to an additional 14,000 low income people living with hiv and based on estimates provided by state administrators, will eliminate any waiting list for aids drug treatments. [applause] also, secretary sebelius announced that the department is working in partnership with the pilot or the grand that will use mobile phone tag needs to provide important steps and reminders about management to people living with hiv. .. gender based violence often goes hand in hand with the disease. women and girls are all too frequently victimized by intimate partner violence and sexual assaults. this not only increases risk for acquiring hiv, it also blocks women and girls from seeking prevention options and treatments. this is unacceptable. [applause] >> so in an effort to address gender disparate, the white house recently established an interagency working group on

anti-polling campaign after a break, they will return with remarks from katie o'malley and then kathleen sebelius. coverage right now on c-span2. all this week, it is on core programming. how the newspaper business has transformed during his career. he answered questions from university students who recently visited washington. he can see that is 7:00 p.m. eastern. c-span created by america's cable companies not the 1979, brought to you as a public service. >> michelle obama was on the campaign trail. she says this about her husband's accomplishments and why he should be reelected. ♪ [applause] >> thank you all so much. you know, thank you so much. first of all, i am so excited to be here and i wanted thank you all. it is hot in here and you guys are hanging in there. let me just say this, if anybody needs to sit down, sit down. i will not be offended. if you start feeling sick, said down. thank you some much. i am thrilled. i want to start by thanking meredith for that kind introduction. heartfelt, passionate. and for all for work and service to this campaign, to this country. let's give her a r

here's the national review -- you have had a chance to review secretary kathleen sebelius's directively. what is your view of what the administration is doing? guest: it is a very modest constructive steps, moves in the right direction. it is astonishing except this is washington and it is a political season, that the republicans are focusing an attack on this. this is inventing something out of nothing. they are attacking positive steps that the obama administration took to help people get jobs, to allow the states to be more flexible in terms of the things they do to help people get jobs. governor romney is gutting welfare reform and is paying money for commercials to say now all you have to do is ask for your. your. that completely made up. host: when this law was passed, you were critical of its intent and you decided to leave the administration and go back to the private-sector in protest over the lot. did you agree with the work provision in the first place? guest: no, but i did strongly believe that the old welfare system aimed at families with dependent children was deeply fla

transportation secretary ray lahood and human services secretary kathleen sebelius have a new nationwide push in alexandria this morning. a press conference is scheduled for 10:15 this morning. >>> bury the power lines, that's the call we have heard over and over after recent major outages including the june 29th storm. well, now d.c. will take a serious look at putting electrical lines underground. mayor gray announced a 15 member task force that will study the issue and make some recommend daises on it. it will hold its first meeting next week. >>> farmers' markets in virginia will soon be accepting food stamps. the state will receive $92,000 in federal funds to place ebt machines in the marketplaces so eligible customers can use their supplemental nutrition assistance program vouchers for fresh produce and eggs and other healthy items. also pay with a dent or credit card. >>> still ahead, it is a crucial issue for seniors. maryland care. up next, a -- medicare. up next a closer look at how the debate is playing out on the campaign trail. >> as we head to the break, here's another live

host: there is an op-ed piece in "usa today" by kathleen sebelius and congresswoman nancy pelosi, theemocratic leader in the u.s. house. host: if you like to join the conversation and talk with judy waxman, you can call . host: and jim joins us on our independent line from new orleans. caller: good morning. i see judy waxman is somewhat beatty about what she sees, but rest assured, having lived in the south my entire life there are a lot of people here who still believe that the decision by the supreme court to alter the fact that blacks used to be slaves, they would like to turn that back. we see the supreme court in the 1860's had the wisdom to change what was considered at the time settled law, in favor of people like ms. waxman who favor abortion. a lot of people felt slavery was settled law. host: the correlation to women's health? caller: the in utero american is being fort totten here. -- for gotten here. guest: let me say abortion is not one of the preventive services on the list, so the question is not relevant to the topic at hand. host: are there provisions that help women

we heard support from democratic leaders such as bill clinton, kathleen sebelius, hillary clinton, nancy pelosi, barbara lee, and other senior officials. the pursuit of an aids for a generation is the official policy. president obama posted organizers and activists on thursday at the white house. he reiterated his determination to usher an end to the aids crisis. while we still lack a vaccine, u.s. research has transformed the landscape for those with access to powerful medications that literally are lifesaving. the medication can render an hiv-positive person virtually unaffected. the medications are part of our prevention strategies to help hiv negative individuals avoid infection. u.s.-led research is pursuing novel ways to eradicate hiv from those affected and support long- term suppression. i have not always been optimistic. in 1994, the year i was diagnosed, there were no effective treatment. 40,000 americans died of aids that year. 50,000 the following year. i was 25 years old. recombination of therapy i was initially reluctant. i feared the medications would not be affected or th

recently, the united states secretary of human services, kathleen sebelius announced two important actionsrelevant to the national strategies second goal. first, the secretary announced nearly $80 billion in new grant awards that will expand care to an additional 14,000 low income people living with hiv and based on estimates provided by state administrators, will eliminate any waiting list for aids drug treatments. [applause] also, secretary sebelius announced that the department is working in partnership with the pilot or the grand that will use mobile phone tag needs to provide important steps and reminders about management to people living with hiv. .. gender based violence often goes hand in hand with the disease. women and girls are all too frequently victimized by intimate partner violence and sexual assaults. this not only increases risk for acquiring hiv, it also blocks women and girls from seeking prevention options and treatments. this is unacceptable. [applause] >> so in an effort to address gender disparate, the white house recently established an interagency working group on

so we heard from health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius last night.sociate attorney general this morning. and, of course, secretary duncan, my boss, this afternoon. but first, it is my job to introduce melodee hanes, the acting administrator for the office of juvenile administered with office of juvenile justice and delinquency prevention. which has been an excellent partner for the federal partners. helping us host webinars and generally being very supportive and all the work that we have done. this change 30 year career in public service and law worked as a deputy county attorney in the yellowstone county -- she also served as an assistant county attorney in the polk county in iowa attorney office. prosecuting major felony crimes. she's a great partner and i'm so pleased to welcome her. please help me welcome acting administrator melodee hanes. [applause] ♪ ♪ >> well, good morning. you're awake. good. well, thanks for the introduction. i am melodee hanes, acting administrator of the office of juvenile justice and delinquency prevention, known as ojj

then kathleen sebelius on the benefits for women on the health care law. after that the weekly addresses by president obama and eric cantor. >> sunday, in depth with julianne malveaux will take your phone calls and tweak its for three hours. >> i tried to look at this at the larger perspective and try to see how we got to where we were today. is there any trend or a theme that runs through our relationship? what the ultimate goal as an objective account of what transpired on both sides. >>david crist on 30 years of austerity between the u.s. and iran it. >> on tuesday the house fail to pass a bill that would ban abortions in washington, d.c.. mr. speaker sometimes schoolyard boys pick on the wrong kid. antitrust forces thought they found a cheap way to make a large point against the right of women in our country to reproductive health and choice. so they picked on the district of columbia. picked a fight with the district of columbia. after all the district of columbia doesn't have a vote. even if the billle is about only the district of columbia. -- bill

now to the international aids conference for remarks by health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius. she announced in public private initiative in the fight against aids that includes the use of text messages to update and inform patients. the conference was held in washington, d.c. which marked the first time it's been held in the u.s. since 1990 after a travel ban was lifted that prohibited hiv-positive travelers from entering the united states. >> good evening everyone. i want to greet my fellow speakers and delegates and colleagues, friends, on behalf of president obama who tonight is with the survivors and family and community in aurora i'm pleased to welcome the conference back to the united states. [applause] and i am particularly proud to be part of an ad fenestration that respects and celebrates diversity not just in words, the people appointed to high positions. i want to get a special welcome to those living with hiv who traveled here from around the world. as has been said over and over tonight, the hiv ban that ran contrary to america's deepest values and we are so prou

] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius joined a number of senate democrats to promote new women's health provisions from the health care lot to go into effect tomorrow. the new coverage provisions require insurance companies to offer certain event to care services without additional co-pays, including annual exams, prenatal care and contraception. this is an hour. >> good morning, everybody. i first of all want to start by thanking senator mikulski for organizing this announcement today and for inviting me to join these wonderful senate leaders and consumer from ohio to talk about women's health. the leaders i would today have been such strong advocates for women and their health for decades and i'm really pleased to join them. today is we are here to mark a new day for women's health in america. starting tomorrow, thanks to the new health care law, insurance policies will be required to cover new vital care that we may need to stay healthy and they'll have to cover their care without charging wittmann anything out of pock

you look at the current cabinet, president obama again, hillary clinton, secretary of state, kathleen sebelius, girl scout. so they are in leadership positions already. progress is a community, of course would love an opportunity or a woman to serve. she will serve as a leader. she will serve as somebody who wants to make a difference. the fact that she's a woman, added bonus. but again, a lot of people say how can you do that? we're make in our way. we are in schools, making grades, doing the internship, taken the hard jobs, making the sacrifices. so give them a chance to fill the critical need in this role and in the white house. >> getting into the last questions here. a couple announcements to make. first of all, my terminology about her upcoming luncheon speakers. june 4 we have gerald r. ford journalism award with guest speaker chris mathews, host of msnbc hard with chris mathews. june 9, an important day for the girl scouts, before you head down to the mall we have our 15 annual meet the deadline 5-k race that benefits the national press club journalism institute antonio horton found ne

. >> kathleen sebelius joined a number of democrats to promote new women's health provisions from the health care law that goes into effect tomorrow. coverage provisions require companies to offer certain preventive care services without additional co-payments in putting annual breast exams, prenatal care and contraception. this is an hour. >> good morning everybody. i first want to start by thanking senator mikulski for organizing this announcement today and for inviting me to join these wonderful senate leaders and a consumer from ohio to talk about women's health. the leaders i met today have been such strong advocates for women and their health for decades and i am really pleased to join them. today we are here to mark a new day for women's health in america. starting tomorrow thanks to the new health care law all insurance policies will be required to cover new care that women need to stay healthy and they will cover the care without charging women anything out of pocket. as women we are likely to be the health care decision makers and our families keeping our children up to date

. >> i think there's an honest discomfort with what kathleen -- sebelius -- well, she's not defined whatt else is there? and remember this portion of the law, section 402 is very specific that you have to work, but she is saying we're going to let other requirements go this there. well, maybe it's education, it's training. maybe -- >> what makes anybody think it's eliminating though? that's the dishonesty. you can go to job training, if it gets you a job in the end that's the key. >> i think we'd all agree on that. as the left had pointed out that governor romney and a lot of other governors asked as governors for waivers from that, but they did not ask for a waiver from the work requirement. section 402. which is -- our only concern knowing this administration, chris, there may a tendency to say, okay, looking for education -- >> preemptive attack. i get your message. let's take a look at more of rick santorum tonight from his big speech. >> i thank god that america still has one party that reaches out their hands in love to lift up all of god's children, born and unborn. and we say tha

2010 health care law was a provision empowering the secretary of health and human services, kathleen sebelius, to issue rules on preventative services who could have predicted that she would -- services. who could have predicted that she would use her authority, sanctioned by president obama, to force everyone to purchase drugs and procedures, including abortion-inducing drugs, that violate the fundamental ethical sensibilities of many americans? no american should be forced to choose between their conscience and their livelihood. no american should be forced to stand for their deeply held reasoned beliefs or stand convicted by government coercion. no american should be forced to choose between their faith and their job. this is wrong. it is a false choice. it is unjust. it is unnecessary. it is un-american and it is an affront to the very purpose of our government, derived from the consent of the governed. america owes its unique character and strength to empowering, protecting and upholding the inalienable rights of her citizens. health care should be about the common good, caring for the s