tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2003 Issue 27

Medicare Rx: HOUSE AND SENATE VOTE TO OVERHAUL MEDICARE

In the early morning hours of June 27, both the House and the Senate passed bills that would add a prescription drug benefit for seniors and increase the role of private preferred provider organizations in the program. The Senate passed its version, S 1, in a bipartisan 76-21 vote. The House followed suit a couple of hours later, passing HR 1 216-215, with most Democrats and some conservative Republicans in opposition. As the time for the House vote expired, the nays outnumbered the yeas. The positive outcome was only assured when several Republican representatives reportedly changed their votes. Given...

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