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Obama renominates Tavenner to lead Medicare, Medicaid agency
President Obama on Thursday renominated Marilyn Tavenner to one of the top healthcare posts in the administration.
It's the second time Obama has nominated Tavenner to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the agency that oversees Medicare, Medicaid and most of the implementation of President Obama's signature healthcare law.
Tavenner herself isn't controversial — she even got the endorsement of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.), who worked with Tavenner when she led Virginia's Medicaid program.
Tavenner has been acting CMS administrator since her previous nomination.
She succeeded Don Berwick, who was a widely respected academic before his nomination, where he became entangled in a political controversy over comments that Republicans saw as an endorsement of healthcare rationing.
