Posted on 11/12/2003 10:24:25 PM PST by Tumbleweed_Connection
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:10:19 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
A compromise between House and Senate Republican leaders to push through the Medicare prescription-drug bill is still on table after being submitted yesterday to members on both sides of the aisle.
Leaders shopped the bill around Capitol Hill trying to persuade enough lawmakers to have the federal health program compete against private plans, but on a limited basis.
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