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Epstein, who chairs the Department of Health Policy and Management, described Berwick as having tremendous experience and said that he believes that Berwick will be very effective. Berwick is “a visionary leader in health policy, a compelling thinker and a wonderful teacher and lecturer,” he said...
Berwick will bring expertise in health care reform to the position, as he received his honorary knighthood for his efforts in improving Britain’s National Health Service under former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair...
...also garnered extensive recognition for his work on this side of the pond. Berwick was appointed to serve on the President’s Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry during the Clinton administration. At the same time, he was chair of the Health Services Research Review Study Section of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, now called the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality...
Alleged deficit reduction from health care reform bill: $1.3 trillion
Medicare is an even more daunting challenge. While economists have proposed common-sense reforms, like health savings accounts that are also supported by Congressional Republicans, Democrats continue to hold back the process. The recently-passed health care reform bill, for example, directly attacks Health Savings Accounts and other consumer-led Medicare innovations that are both important features of the program as it exists today, especially for the poor, and would help mitigate the budgetary problems...