Tuesday, July 6, 2010

McConnell on Obama's Recess Appointment of Berwick

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell minced no words about the Obama administration's recess appointment of Donald Berwick to be Director of the Center of Medicare & Medicaid Services:

“As if shoving a trillion dollar government takeover of health care down the throat of a disapproving American public wasn't enough, apparently the Obama Administration intends to arrogantly circumvent the American people yet again by recess appointing one of the most prominent advocates of rationed health care to implement their national plan.


“Democrats haven't scheduled so much as a committee hearing for Donald Berwick but the mere possibility of allowing the American people the opportunity to hear what he intends to do with their health care is evidently reason enough for this Administration to sneak him through without public scrutiny.


“Just over three months after passage of this misguided law, with Americans' worst fears about it being realized every day, the fact that this Administration won't allow the man charged with implementing the President's plan to cut $500 billion out of Medicare to testify about his plans for the care of our nation's seniors is truly outrageous.”

1 comment:

John Carey said...

So this is how he wants to play the game 4 months before the midterms. I must say this President will go down in history as one of the worst to hold the office.