Posted on 09/07/2001 9:26:53 PM PDT by JohnHuang2
Edited on 07/19/2004 2:08:31 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Washington, Sept. 7 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Senator Bill Frist said today he will introduce legislation to give the Bush administration authority to go ahead with the Medicare drug- discount card program that a federal judge blocked yesterday.
President George W. Bush announced the discount card plan in July as a first step toward helping the 40 million Americans in the U.S. health insurance program for the elderly and disabled get cheaper prices on prescription drugs. It would allow Medicare patients to get discounts of 10 percent to 25 percent from participating drugstores.
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