WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican lawmakers are heaping praise on a former nurse picked by President Barack Obama to run Medicare and Medicaid, and also oversee his health care law.
If the Senate confirms Marilyn Tavenner, as expected, it may be the closest thing to a truce in the nation's political wars over health care.
Tuesday's confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee went so smoothly that a happy Tavenner later said — quote — "they were great to me today."
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