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President Obama taps Harvard professor to oversee Medicare and Medicaid
2010-07-07
President Obama will use the congressional recess to bypass the Senate and appoint Harvard professor Donald Berwick, a controversial patient-care expert who has drawn GOP fire, to oversee Medicare and Medicaid, the White House announced yesterday.
I thought this kind of move was considered unfair by dems just a few short years ago.
The decision means Berwick, 63, can become administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services without Senate confirmation.
Posted by:gorb

#14  And a true believer in wealth redistobution... Fun Fun Fun
Posted by: 49 Pan   2010-07-07 16:43  

#13  If I get outta Harvard and all I can get is a teaching job, I'm gonna be very pissed off. The reason you go there is for the chance to tap into their alumni mafia for a serious bucks job when you get out.
Posted by: tu3031   2010-07-07 15:42  

#12  This is the fellow who is an unabashed lover of the British health system.
Posted by: Grenter, Protector of the Geats   2010-07-07 13:53  

#11  Appoint a socialist to trim the fat on an unsustainable entitlement program you say? What could go wrong?
Posted by: DepotGuy   2010-07-07 11:49  

#10  Harvard churns out hundreds of teachers every year that are indoctrinated in liberalism marxist theory. The next fall they start teaching your children...

Fixed it for ya. No charge.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2010-07-07 11:40  

#9  "Oversight? We don' need no steenkin' oversights!"
Posted by: mojo   2010-07-07 10:44  

#8  Harvard churns out hundreds of teachers every year that are indoctrinated in liberalism. The next fall they start teaching your children...
Posted by: Groting Ulolurt4898   2010-07-07 09:50  

#7  Headline should read: Obama appoints 22nd Czar, to evade Senate scrutiny of dubious appointee once again.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2010-07-07 09:17  

#6  Fix as in Spay or Neuter, I guess.

Ain't it funny how the Dems can have a near-supermajority in the Senate and still need to rely on recess appointments?
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2010-07-07 09:10  

#5  Oh, good. A Hahvid guy. He'll fix everything...
Posted by: tu3031   2010-07-07 09:04  

#4  Isn't it comforting to know when you are seriously ill that Dr. Death Panel has got your back? Change!
Posted by: ed   2010-07-07 08:56  

#3  Just what the Federal government needs - another Harvard professor!
Posted by: Raj   2010-07-07 08:50  

#2  Fixed.
Posted by: Steve White   2010-07-07 08:26  

#1  Whoops, I meant to highlight my comment:

I thought this kind of move was considered unfair by dems just a few short years ago.
Posted by: gorb   2010-07-07 04:07  

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