Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 2008, i uru atu a Furman ki
Ko te kaupapa perehitini a Barack Obama hei Kaiwhakahaere Kaupapahere Ohaoha. I te timatanga, ko te whakatuunga a Furman hei kaitohutohu mo te kaupapa i whakaheehia e etahi o nga kaitautoko mahi mo tana tiaki i te tauira pakihi a Walmart. I te wa tuatahi o Obama, i mahi a Furman hei kaiwhakahaere tuarua i te Kaunihera Whanui a Motu ki a Lawrence Summers me Gene Sperling. I roto i tenei mahi, ko ia tetahi o nga kaihoahoa o te Ture Whakaora me te Whakaaetanga o Amerika o te tau 2009, tae atu ki nga kaupapa whakapau moni hei painga mo te hunga rawakore me nga takoha taake pakihi. Kei te whakawhiwhia hoki a Furman ki te awhina ki te hanga i te mahere taake-taake a te kawanatanga, e awe ana i nga whiriwhiringa kaupapa here tahua, me te awhina ki te hoahoa me te whakawhitiwhiti korero mo te Ture Tiaki Mate me te Tiaki Taonga ("ACA" or "ObamaCare").