Health Care Reform HHS Announces New Assistance to States: More Resources, Transparency, and Flexibility by Gary Kopycinski on February 23, 2012 Gary Kopycinski Author More in Health Care Reform: Governor Newsom Announces Affordable CalRx® Insulin, $11 a Pen, Will Soon Be Available for Purchase October 19, 2025 How the Government Shutdown Is Hitting the Health Care System – and What the Battle Over ACA Subsidies Means October 4, 2025 Black Americans Still Suffer Worse Health. Here’s Why There’s So Little Progress. November 23, 2024 Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 22, 2012. Today, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced more assistance to states as it implements three new provisions of the Affordable Care Act. Today’s announcement gives states help by: