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> until Part D was enacted during the Clinton administration. ???? Medicare Part D came into being in 2003, well into Bush's administration. The whole rest of
by cowsandmilk 10y ago
> until Part D was enacted during the Clinton administration.
???? Medicare Part D came into being in 2003, well into Bush's administration. The whole rest of your post is based around the notion that it was proposed by Clinton, when it was Bush....
- maxerickson 10y agoThe support in the House of Representatives was also mostly Republican: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2003/roll332.xml http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2003/roll332.xml
- whafro 10y agoTotally, and thanks. I was quick to write and submit my answer and was remembering some debate during the Clinton era. But the noninterference provision was indeed targeted at market-oriented Republicans to get them on board. There were plenty who wanted to ensure that Medicare wasn't going to be eroding the businesses of established payers.