[Southack]

"Funny that he is working on privatization, but he somehow managed to steam roller drug benefits through."

Indeed. Bush's Medicare Reform carried with it no fewer than six Privatization options over the next ten years. For the paltry fee of $10 per American per month (i.e. $39.5 Billion per year for each of ten years), Bush bought Democratic acquiescence to the eventual Privatization of the massive Medicare program.

[Nanodik]

. $39.5 Billion per year for each of ten years

Yeah, those OMB estimates are always dead-on. You can count on it.