House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks at a news conference following a roundtable discussion on health care issues with religious leaders at St. James Episcopal Church in San Francisco on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
(CNSNews.com) – The health care bill under consideration in the House of Representatives would give President Obama the authority to name a new federal "Health Choices Commissioner" who would have sweeping power to govern the health insurance plans offered in a so-called "exchange" where millions of Americans would get their health insurance if the bill is enacted.