tci Part B Insider - 2004 Issue 8

LEGISLATION: Chances of Medicare Reform Bill Limited

Some are predicting that 2004 will see yet another giant Medicare bill, partly aimed at fixing problems or containing costs associated with last year's bill. For one thing, some Senators are grousing that the conference committee's version of last year's bill was different in some important areas than what Congress later passed. But a new Medicare bill is unlikely this year, says attorney Allison Shuren with Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn in Washington. "You're gong t o see a lot of bills this year by the Democrats," but they're unlikely to prosper, she predicts. "I don't...

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