Thursday, January 23, 2014

Chris Jennings to leave post as WH health-care adviser

By Juliet Eilperin and Amy Goldstein

 Senior White House health-care adviser Chris Jennings is leaving, the administration announced Thursday.

 A Tea Party member reaches for a pamphlet titled "The Impact of Obamacare", at a "Food for Free Minds Tea Party Rally" in Littleton, New Hampshire in this October 27, 2012 file photo. The Obama administration said on July 2, 2013 it would not require employers to provide health insurance for their workers until 2015, delaying a key provision of President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law by a year, to beyond the next election. REUTERS/Jessica Rinald      
A Tea Party member reaches for a pamphlet titled "The Impact of Obamacare", at a "Food for Free Minds Tea Party Rally" in Littleton, New Hampshire in this October 27, 2012 file photo.REUTERS/Jessica Rinald


Senior White House health-care adviser Chris Jennings is leaving, the administration announced Thursday.

"It has been a great privilege to work with the President and his incredibly dedicated team on the Affordable Care Act," Jennings said in a statement. "I will forever be grateful for the opportunity to serve.

 It has been an honor to help ensure that the promise of affordable, quality health care embodied in this historic law becomes the reality for all Americans.  This is the cause of my professional life and I look forward to making continued contributions to that end."

 In a statement, White House chief of staff Denis McDonough praised Jennings for his work.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/01/23/chris-jennings-to-leave-post-as-wh-health-care-adviser/?tid=hpModule_ba0d4c2a-86a2-11e2-9d71-f0feafdd1394&hpid=z9

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