Dr. Donald Berwick, Taxpayer Hero

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BY FROMA HARROP Welcome, Dr. Donald Berwick. Once you pull the arrows out of your back, you can get down to the important work for which you are supremely qualified: fixing the government health-insurance programs. President Obama named you head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services through a recess appointment. That deprived Senate Republicans of another televised round denouncing “socialized medicine” – though they are churning out press releases calling you a “health-care-rationing czar” […]

Arnold Hamilton
Arnold Hamilton
Arnold Hamilton became editor of The Observer in September 2006. Previously, he served nearly two decades as the Dallas Morning News’ Oklahoma Bureau chief. He also covered government and politics for the San Jose Mercury News, the Dallas Times Herald, the Tulsa Tribune and the Oklahoma Journal.