Don Berwick is out and Marilyn Tavenner is in. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Dr. Donald Berwick said he’ll step down from his post now that Republicans have successfully blocked his Senate confirmation, the Associated Press reports today. After he steps down Dec. 2, Deputy Administrator Marilyn Tavenner will take over.
When Berkwick was nominated for the position earlier this year to head CMS (and thereby healthcare reform), 42 GOP senators voiced opposition. Berwick’s affinity for the British approach to government-run healthcare has polarized Washington, although Berwick later clarified that the “the American system needs its own solution,” the AP reports.
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