Marilyn Tavenner, a nurse who rose to become acting head of Medicare and Medicaid, appears likely to surmount a congressional logjam and become the programs’ first confirmed administrator in seven years. Source: WSJ.com: Politics And Policy
Posts Tagged: Medicare
Why Republican senators like Obama’s Medicare nominee
For the first time in nearly a decade, the top spot at one of the federal government’s most important agencies is close to getting filled. The Senate Finance Committee met Tuesday to consider the nomination of Marilyn Tavenner, President Obama’s pick to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. This is an agency with… Read more »
Here are four questions senators should ask Obama’s Medicare nominee
Welcome to Health Reform Watch, Sarah Kliff’s regular look at how the Affordable Care Act is changing the American health-care system — and being changed by it. You can reach Sarah with questions, comments and suggestions here. Check back every Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoon for the latest edition — and read all previous columns… Read more »
Sequester (GOP) Blamed for Medicare Woes, Not Obamacare Cutting $714 Billion Out of the Program
RUSH: So the way this works is Obama can cut $ 700 billion out of Medicare, that doesn’t hurt a thing. That doesn’t cause anything, certainly nothing bad. But the sequester, which does not touch Medicare, is now causing doctors to start turning away cancer patients. Source: Rush Limbaugh – All Content