tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 39

MEDICARE PART D: Katrina Relief Not Likely To Stall Part D

Part D delay called 'a non-starter' by opponents.Despite calls by several key fiscal conservatives in Congress to delay Medicare Part D, many legislators and the White House strongly oppose reducing the new Medicare prescription drug benefit to help fund Katrina health care relief.Congressmen are scrambling to find ways to underwrite the massive reconstruction and relief bill for Hurricane Katrina. Estimates for the legislation put the bill in excess of $200 billion. As an alternative to higher deficit spending, many in Washington are eyeing reductions in costly federal programs as a source of funding. One area legislators are...

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