Personal accounts presented to illustrate changes under new law

Las Vegas Review-Journal
9/28/10
Sebelius, Berkley, Titus promote new health care law
Personal accounts presented to illustrate changes under new law
By Benjamin Spillman

One of President Barack Obama's top advisers headlined an event Monday promoting the controversial new health care law.

But the stories of two Nevada families -- one of financial peril and one of personal tragedy -- stole the show.

Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, with Reps. Shelley Berkley and Dina Titus, D-Nev., organized the event to draw attention to what they say are beneficial aspects of the widely opposed Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that Obama signed into law in March.

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