Medicare Chief Berwick to Testify at Senate Hearing
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Medicare Administrator Donald Berwick will face critics of President Barack Obama’s health-care overhaul next week, his first appearance before Congress since he was appointed in a process that bypassed the Senate.
Berwick will testify at a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Medicare, the health insurance program for the elderly and disabled, and the Medicaid program for the poor, the panel said today in a statement. Republicans such as the panel’s ranking member, Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa, for months have said they want to question Berwick on the health-care law.