CMS head Donald Berwick faces congressional hot seat (Commiecare™ redistribution czar on right now)

Med City News ^ | 11/16/10

[Libloather]

CMS head Donald Berwick faces congressional hot seat

Dr. Donald Berwick, head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is facing a hot seat in Washington, D.C., tomorrow as he prepares for his first appearance in front of the U.S. Senate since a controversial recess appointment in July.

Republican senators, led by healthcare hawk Charles Grassley of Iowa, are gearing up to grill Berwick on a number of issues, according to the Politico website.

“Dr. Berwick was recess appointed before he had even a nomination hearing before the committee of jurisdiction,” Grassley told the website in prepared remarks. “The public doesn’t have any insight into his thinking on anything. The hearing will offer a chance to shed some light on what CMS is doing to prepare for some of the biggest changes in the history of modern health care. It’s overdue, and it should be the first of many.”

Berwick can expect versions of five basic questions tomorrow, according to Republicans interviewed by Politico:

[Libloather]

Fox News has tape of Berwick insisting Commiecare™ is redisribution of wealth. Someone better play that back at the hearings.

[DarthVader]

The GOP is going to BBQ his a$$ in molasses.

[GailA]

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This is nothing but theater. The ‘republicans’ are powerless to do anything but blow smoke. As for the next Congress I’lm going to take a wait an see position. Frankly I don’t think they’ll have the guts to do much. I’d love to be wrong tho.