[Brian S]

Sorry for the sloppy "pre-post" cleanup at the start of this article.

[stevem]

Though far from perfect, the bill represents an historic breakthrough and important milestone in the nation's commitment to strengthen and expand health security for its citizens at a time when it is sorely needed," the AARP said.

I don't think you can expand it and strengthen it at the same time.

[nonliberal]

Is anyone else rooting for Ted Kennedy and his filibuster?

[RJCogburn]

"I urge members of both political parties to study the legislation, to remember the promise we have made to America's seniors, and to vote yes for this legislation," Bush said.

A more accurate statement by politician Bush might have been, "I urge both parties to make the government even larger and more expensive."

[Intolerant in NJ]

This is just one more government-sponsored ponzi scheme like social security - as I understand the bill, it requires a $35/month fee plus a $250 deductible before it starts to pay anything toward medications - that's something like $750/year; there are many seniors who don't pay anything like that for drugs each year, yet they'll be required to pay that much before getting any benefits and still pay out of pocket for the few medications they do use before reaching the threshold - essentially subsidizing the system...this could end up like the long-term care "insurance" bill passed a few years back, which was promptly repealed when seniors finally caught on to how much it was costing and how little they got out of it......