On November 17th, Donald Berwick testified before the Senate Finance Committee. As you can imagine, there was a lot of political tension surrounding this event.
The video of the entire senate hearing is here: http://finance.senate.gov/hearings/watch/?id=280ebc81-5056-a032-5254-1010c1e9b945
Berwick's prepared statement can be found here: http://finance.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/FINAL%20Donald%20Berwick%20Testimony%2011.15.101.pdf
Bacus' prepared opening statement can be found here: http://finance.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/11172010%20Baucus%20Hearing%20Statement%20Regarding%20New%20Patient%20Protections%20to%20Strengthen%20Medicare%20and%20Medicaid1.pdf
Grassley's prepared opening statement can be found here: http://finance.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/health%20care%2011-17-10%20hearing%20with%20Dr.pdf
Kaiser Health News, a program of the Kaiser Family Foundation, consolidated a resource page about Dr. Donald Berwick. It contains both what he has said as well as what others have said about him (and what he said). It can be found here: http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Stories/2010/June/30/Donald-Berwick-Resource-Guide.aspx
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Berwick Testifies to the Senate Finance Committee
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