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Lawmakers React to Passage of Medicare Bill through Congress.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, November, 2003
By John A. MacDonald, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Nov. 26--WASHINGTON--All that remains is for President Bush to sign the paperwork, and the largest expansion and reorganization of Medicare in the program's 38-year history will become law.
Bush praised lawmakers Tuesday and is eager to sign the $395 billion plan that will add a prescription drug benefit to Medicare, give private insurance companies a greater opportunity to sign up beneficiaries, and make other important changes in the federal health program for the elderly.
"A lot of Americans searched their soul on this complex piece of legislation," Bush said in Las Vegas, where he was meeting with senior citizens. "Because of the actions of...
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