That's Dr. Donald Berwick, the man President Obama placed, by recess appointment, in charge of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). That agency just happens to have a larger budget than our department of defense, and Berwick will not be subject to a public hearing and senate confirmation. It is difficult to establish, among the myriad and daily scandals of this administration, one as being the most egregious, but this is probably it.
Daniel Henninger, deputy editor of the Wall Street Journal's editorial page penned a MUST READ column on this "beyond outrageous" appointment.
Here are some quotes from Dr. Death himself. Wouldn't you have liked to hear him answer for these thoughts before a senate committee in public hearings? Obviously, Obama didn't want to put him through that.
"I cannot believe that the individual health care consumer can enforce through choice the proper configurations of a system as massive and complex as health care. That is for leaders to do."
"Please don't put your faith in market forces. It's a popular idea: that Adam Smith's invisible hand would do a better job of designing care than leaders with plans can."
"A progressive policy regime will control and rationalize financing—control supply."
If these quotes and others in the Henninger article don't bother you, congratulations: you're a socialist.
