"In addition to the grave medical concerns pertaining to the appointment of Dr. Donald Berwick to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is another issue that speaks to his political perspectives. Berwick has been actively involved with the international advocacy group Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), which was established with funding from the Ford Foundation.
In 2009, Berwick said that "the decision is not whether or not we will ration care; the decision is whether we will ration with our eyes open." In 2005, he said that he doesn't "care so much what doctors say." Other comments of Berwick's should put everyone on notice. They include:
In 2009, Berwick said that "the decision is not whether or not we will ration care; the decision is whether we will ration with our eyes open." In 2005, he said that he doesn't "care so much what doctors say." Other comments of Berwick's should put everyone on notice. They include:
- "I would place a commitment to excellence-standardization to the best-known method-above clinician autonomy as a rule for care."
- "Young doctors and nurses should emerge from training understanding the values of standardization and the risks of too great an emphasis on individual autonomy."
- "Political leaders in the Labour Government have become more enamored of the use of market forces and choice as an engine for change, rather than planned, centrally coordinated technical support." " [American Thinker]
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