Medicare's Deepening Financial Crisis: The High Price of Fiscal Irresponsibility
By delaying implementation of the Medicare drug entitlement while making the prescription drug discount a permanent feature ofMedicare, including the Medicare Advantage system that will takeeffect in 2006, Congress could deal with exploding costs andestablish the foundation for a Medicare drug program thataccommodates, rather than displaces, a wide variety ofprivate-sector drug options.
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