The Democrats blocked it because they didn't want to talk about it. If Obama care is so good why hide it? Open government ha :)
On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 1:42 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: > > Obama nominated him, so he did try. However, I blame Max Baucus as > much as I do Republicans for blocking the nomination since Baucus > didn't even schedule a hearing. He didn't want to get into the fight > and that is his choice as committee chairman, just like it is Obama's > choice as President to use a recess appointment. > > The most curious thing, to me, about the way this one nomination went > down is that everyone outside Congressional Republicans loves the guy. > I've seen multiple letters from conservative Republican healthcare > CEOs saying that that they think it is a brilliant pick and are glad > that Obama made a recess appointment in his case. I've gotten the same > view from the CEO of my company and he and I frequently disagree on > politics surrounding health care (and everything else). > > CMS really does need a director right now. The ONC just issued the > rule for review covering meaningful use under the American Recovery > and Reinvestment Act and lots of things are starting to move fast. CMS > is going to help direct a lot of that and I'm glad that Berwick will > be helping run the show. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:322757 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
