President Obama has formally established the White Office of Health Reform by an executive order dated April 8, 2009. The principal functions of the office, as defined by the executive order, include coordinating development of the administration’s policy agenda regarding the provision of health care across executive departments and agencies and “to slow the growth of health care costs.”
The executive order also calls upon the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish an Office of Health Reform that will coordinate efforts with the White House office.
President Obama named Nancy-Ann DeParle as director of the White House office on March 2, 2009.
Read the executive order.
