President Obama nominates Dr. Donald Berwick as the Administrator of the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services
July 7, 2010
Dr. Berwick was nominated back in April and appointed during recess of the Senate by President Obama.
Dr. Berwick graduated from Harvard Medical School and also has a Masters Degree in Public Policy from the Kennedy School of Government.
He practiced Pediatrics in Massachusetts. He has co-founded IHI – Institute for Healthcare Improvement. His publications are well over a hundred in number.
His philosophy of redistribution of wealth/health comes across loud and clear in his quote -“You could have protected the wealthy and the well, instead of recognizing that sick people tend to be poorer and that poor people tend to be sicker and that any health care funding plan that is just, equitable, civilized and humane must, MUST redistribute wealth from the richer among us to the poorer and the less fortunate. Excellent health care is, by definition, redistributional.” (Heartland Institute – Healthcare News – May 12, 2010)
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