Medicare Chief Dr. Berwick Speaks Out

In a wide-ranging conversation with Inside E Street’s Lark McCarthy, Dr. Donald Berwick, chief of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), discusses, among other topics:

• How the new health care law strengthens the Medicare program while cutting $500 billion from its budget
  
• New preventive care services and drug discounts for people with Medicare
  
• The GOP opposition to his appointment, and critics' claims that the new health law rations care 
  
• The “Doc Fix” and Medicare reimbursements for health care providers
  
• How people with disabilities and pre-existing conditions can find the health care they need