Obama Goes Radical, Recess-Appoints Berwick (CMS)

[kpete]

Moving Forward to Protect Seniors' Care
Posted by Dan Pfeiffer on July 06, 2010 at 07:42 PM EDT

In April, President Obama nominated Dr. Donald Berwick to serve as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Many Republicans in Congress have made it clear in recent weeks that they were going to stall the nomination as long as they could, solely to score political points.

But with the agency facing new responsibilities to protect seniors’ care under the Affordable Care Act, there’s no time to waste with Washington game-playing. That’s why tomorrow the President will use a recess appointment to put Dr. Berwick at the agency’s helm and provide strong leadership for the Medicare program without delay.

CMS has been without a permanent administrator since 2006, and even many Republicans have called on the Administration to move to quickly to name a permanent head.

There’s no question that Don Berwick is the right choice to be our next CMS administrator: he’s the founder of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and has spent decades as a practicing physician and a Harvard professor. He’s dedicated his career to finding ways to make our health care system work better for patients and cost less for taxpayers.

more:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/07/06/moving-forward-protect-seniors-care
via:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/7/7/882228/-Breaking:-Obama-Goes-Radical,-Appoints-Berwick

[EC]

1. He should be doing a lot more recess appointments

including all the Reagan and Bush circuit judges.

[onenote]

2. not sure what you mean?

what would recess appointments have to do with already sitting judges?

[EC]

3. They serve at the President's pleasure

and they should be changed to reflect where the country is...no more conservative judges with monied interests in oil comp. and cheap labor...

[Dr.Phool]

4. Those are lifetime appointments. Confirmed by the Senate.

A recess appointment automatically expires at the end of the current Congress.


BTW, Has he recess appointed Dawn Johnson yet?

[onenote]

6. I don't know who told you the federal judiciary serves at the president's pleasure

but they didn't know what they were talking about.

[patrice]

5. A small prayer, if you all will: Let our healing begin. nt