‘1-Man Death Panel’?

July 15, 2010

Pro-life groups and other critics who are worried about the specter of health-care rationing attacked the recess appointment of Dr. Donald Berwick, a Harvard professor and pediatrician who was sworn in this week as the head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services of the federal government’s Department of Health and Human Services.

While Berwick’s crusade to improve hospital services has earned national recognition, his past statements of support for health-care rationing and Britain’s government-run system have sparked controversy. (NC Register)