Obama's Recess-Appointed Medicare Czar Refuses to Answer Questions

It’s been three months now since his recess appointment, and still no word from the new CMS director, Donal Berwick. In fact, Berwick hasn’t granted any interviews, refuses to testify before Congress, and doesn’t take any questions at public events.

To put this in perspective, Donald Berwick oversees the healthcare spending for one-in-three Americans and, as the New York Times put it, “has a budget bigger than the Pentagon’s.”