Last night, President Obama announced his fifteenth recess appointment: Dr. Donald Berwick, who will serve as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Berwick is a pediatrician, Harvard professor and head of the non-profit Institute for Healthcare Improvement by day and, if the Republican reaction is any guide, the man who will institute health care rationing and kill the elderly at night.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=124299