Dr. Donald Berwick, the chief administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), resigned11/28/11 (effective Friday, December 9) after 42 Republican senators announced earlier this year that they would block his confirmation when his recess appointment expires at the end of the year.
Berwick had been in the position for 18 months, spreading his message of health-care reform focused on improving patient experience, improving population health, and reducing costs. According to the Washington Post,the White House plans to appoint Berwick's second-in-command, Marilyn Tavenner, as his replacement.
On a related note, on Monday 11/21/11 the members of
the Supercommittee announced that they had failed to reconcile differences over
whether or not to raise taxes, which became the large stumbling block for the
committee moving forward. In theory, the failure of the committee means
that $1.2 trillion worth of automatic cuts will begin in 2013, and President
Obama said he would veto any legislation "undoing" the 50% of the
cuts that would be made in defense spending
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