US Senate confirms Tavenner as Medicare/Medicaid chief

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US Senate confirms Tavenner as Medicare/Medicaid chief

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/us-senate-confirms-tavenner-medicare-medicaid-chief-214428468.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/GVyrUDH9EEN7z65WwOIdlA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-15T214428Z_1_CBRE94E1OES00_RTROPTP_2_USA-HEALTHCARE-MEDICAID.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Tavenner testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington" align="left" title="Tavenner testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington" border="0" /></a>By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Marilyn Tavenner, a former nurse and hospital company executive, as the first full-fledged administrator for the Medicare and Medicaid healthcare programs since 2006. In a rare show of bipartisanship on a healthcare issue, senators voted 91-7 to back President Barack Obama's nominee for administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), an $820 billion agency that oversees the bulk of federal healthcare spending and healthcare reform. Tavenner has served as acting CMS administrator since late ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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