Kathleen Sebelius took one for the team.
Friday, the Secretary of Health and Human Services resigned from her post of five years.
The botched rollout of the government’s website healthcare.gov for the Affordable Care Act was laid at her feet.
Like the leader she is, Sebelius — also a two-term Kansas governor — accepted the responsibility.
Good thing nothing like that ever happens here.
Oh, did we mention there would be no state tests for schools this year? Seems the computer glitches with the Kansas Interactive Testing Engine still have not been worked out, according to the Department of Education. And because no resolution is in sight, the state is giving carte blanche for accreditation to all schools for the upcoming year.
And how about the problems with the state’s new computer program for its Department of Motor Vehicles?
In the cities, residents waited for hours to renew their licenses because of problems with the new program’s software.
But did heads roll?
No. Rather we accepted such things happen in the world of technology.
EVEN WITH the dismal onset of the website, more than 7.5 million Americans have registered for health insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act.
For the first time in our lives, Americans can receive health insurance regardless of pre-existing conditions, our coverage cannot be terminated because of a prognosis, and health insurance is affordable, especially, for the low-income.
Sebelius deserves much credit for pushing through reforms that are popular with the public, though not so much conservative politicians who view them as one more entitlement.
Sebelius has done Kansas proud as a member of the president’s cabinet.
