Medicare’s Berwick Defends U.S. Health Law in Hearing
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Republicans complained at Medicare Administrator Donald Berwick’s first appearance before Congress that they have been unable to review his work implementing President Barack Obama’s health-care overhaul.
Obama appointed Berwick in July without Senate approval, denying Republicans a chance to question him in a confirmation hearing. He defended the law today before the Finance Committee, which supervises Medicare, the health insurance program for the elderly and disabled, and the Medicaid program for the poor. The session was held to just over an hour.