Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and other department staff may be
continuing to solicit private donations to help an outside group promote the
president's health care law as the administration works to boost enrollment
figures after a troubled fall rollout.
News last May that Sebelius had asked business executives
and nonprofit groups to donate to Enroll
America, a nonprofit organization formed to help encourage millions
of Americans to sign up for the new Obamacare insurance exchanges, provoked an uproar among
Republicans on Capitol Hill.
Two GOP-led House committees launched investigations, and
several Republican senators called on the Health and Human Services inspector general to investigate Sebelius' fundraising
drive, which watchdogs have described as an unethical shakedown for cash.
Eight months after the news broke, Sebelius' spokeswoman
last Friday sidestepped questions from the Washington Examiner on
whether her boss has continued to solicit funds from outside groups for Enroll America 's
efforts.
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