• US Medicare gets a permanent, Senate-confirmed administrator for the first time since 2006
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[img]http://imgkk.com/i/hxmx.jpg[/img] [url]http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/05/16/184529397/swell-of-goodwill-for-first-medicare-chief-confirmed-since-2004[/url] [quote]When the Senate voted Tuesday to make Marilyn Tavenner the official administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, it was the first time the world's greatest deliberative body had approved someone to head the huge health agency since 2004. That's right, you have to go way back to the Bush administration to find Dr. Mark McClellan, the last person to be officially put in the post. Tavenner, who has been running the agency in an acting capacity since late 2011, has a big job. CMS oversees Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance Plan, which together serve north of 100 million Americans and have a combined budget larger than the Defense Department's.[/quote] ATF on the other hand remains with [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_Alcohol,_Tobacco,_Firearms_and_Explosives#Directors]no permanent director since 2006[/url]
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