Tuesday, July 06, 2010

Don Berwick to run CMS is like ...

This was always going to be a recess appointment ...
Obama Bypassing Congress to Appoint Chief of Medicare and Medicaid - NYTimes.com
President Obama will bypass Congress and appoint Dr. Donald M. Berwick, a health policy expert, to run Medicare and Medicaid, the White House said Tuesday...
Bush Jr appointed Thomas Scully to CMS. Scully betrayed the American people and then took a payoff job at big pharma.

Berwick is the anti-Scully.

Appointing Berwick to run CMS is like appointing Hercules to run the Augean stables. It's a mind-boggling appointment. Since it's a recess appointment it's only good until late 2011, but by then Berwick may be ready to move on.

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