{{US Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is resigning following the problematic launch of President Barack Obama’s healthcare law, US media report.}}<\/p>\n
The law – regarded by the president’s supporters as one of his main domestic achievements – has been marked by early technical problems and delays.<\/p>\n
Ms Sebelius has been health secretary since Mr Obama took office in 2009.<\/p>\n
The reports say Mr Obama will nominate Sylvia Mathews Burwell, the current budget director, to replace her.<\/p>\n
Ms Sebelius had made the decision to resign herself, the New York Times reported.<\/p>\n
The US president had resisted calls for the health secretary to stand down after the websites where people could enrol for health insurance ran into problems last October.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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