End Drug Benefit to Pay for Katrina, Lott Urges
Deseret News (Salt Lake City) › September 21, 2005
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WASHINGTON -- Congress could help pay for rebuilding efforts in Mississippi and other areas hit by Hurricane Katrina if it halted the $700 billion Medicare prescription drug program, former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott said Tuesday.
Lott, R-Miss., told reporters his vote in November 2003 for the Medicare drug program, whose projected cost has nearly doubled, was one of two he most regretted in his 34 years on Capitol Hill.See the full content of this document
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End Drug Benefit to Pay for Katrina, Lott Urges
The new Medicare drug benefit is scheduled to take effect in January. President Bush and House Majority ...
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