Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin yakin neman zaben shugabancin Amurka a 1987-1988, Blumenthal shi ne babban mai ba da shawara kan harkokin kiwon lafiya ga yakin neman zaben Dukakis. Shekaru ashirin bayan haka, a shekara ta 2008, ya kasance babban mai ba da shawara kan harkokin kiwon lafiya a yakin neman zaben Obama.
Ka yi haƙuri. A ranar 20 ga Maris, 2009, Shugaba Obama ya nada Blumenthal ya zama Mai Kula da Fasahar Bayanai na Kiwon Lafiya na Kasa, wata daya bayan zartar da wani kunshin karfafa gwiwa na tarayya wanda ya hada da kimanin dala biliyan 19 a cikin abubuwan karfafa gwiwa, ta Medicare da Medicaid, don karɓar bayanan kiwon lafiya na lantarki.