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For entire article, please link to http://www.heritage.org/Research/HealthCare/wm297.cfm "Consequences The Senate bill’s drug provisions will have several consequences. It will displace existing private-sector drug coverage for millions of seniors. The Congressional Budget Office estimate that 37 percent of retired employees with employer-sponsored coverage would lose it under the bill may yet be a conservative projection. Congress has long been a fruitful source of unintended consequences in federal health policy. Currently, 78 percent of all seniors have drug coverage, mostly through private plans or retiree insurance coverage.[6] As the editorialists of The Washington Post have warned, “Private employers, for their part, might...

<p>PALO ALTO, California -- It's a sunny summer day and you pull your CDs from your home stereo, toss them in your bag and head out. In the car, you listen to your music, and when you reach the beach, you slip a CD into a portable boom box.</p>