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Medicare drug law becomes bitter pill for Bush
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| Contributor | Gerald Farinas |
| Last Edited | Gerald Farinas Mar 28, 2004 02:57pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Washington Times |
| News Date | Sunday, March 28, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Medicare drug law becomes bitter pill for Bush
The Washington Times
President Bush had hoped that the passage of the Medicare prescription-drug bill would be one of the crowning achievements of his administration, but so far it has turned out to be one of the messiest policies, being attacked on several fronts.
There are two ongoing investigations into matters surrounding passage of the bill: one by the House ethics panel into whether Republicans offered a bribe to one member to secure his vote, and another by the Department of Health and Human Services inspector general into accusations that administration officials withheld higher cost estimates for the bill from lawmakers. The administration has been hindered at every opportunity from making its case to the public, dogged by charges that its ad campaign is an illegal political strategy in a presidential election year. And more bad news came this past week, when the annual Medicare trustees report estimated that the trust fund will go broke in 2019.
"I think it probably has turned out messier than they thought it would be," Sen. Trent Lott, Mississippi Republican, said of the new drug law. "I tried to warn them. ... I think we made a big mess. Instead of it being a plus, it's becoming a negative." |
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