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banned from Kos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-23-11 01:04 PM
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Medicare chief Donald Berwick resigning - withdraws name after GOP blocks permanent role
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/health-care/medicare-chief-don-berwick-steps-down-in-standoff-with-gop-senators-over-his-confirmation/2011/11/23/gIQAoOThoN_story.html

"Berwick’s statements as an academic praising Britain’s government-run health care had become a source of controversy in politically polarized Washington. Although he later told Congress that “the American system needs its own solution” and Britain’s shouldn’t be copied here, his critics were not swayed."

The GOP Senate minority can stop anything.
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yardwork Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-23-11 01:08 PM
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1. This is a big disappointment. Why do Democrats allow the minority party to do this?
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Turbineguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-23-11 01:10 PM
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2. It is vital to the repub cause
that Medicare is dysfunctional.
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