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WASHINGTON - Keeping true to their campaign promise, Democrats in the House of Representatives will try this week to pass legislation that requires the government to negotiate for lower drug prices in the Medicare prescription-drug benefit.
The bill is expected to pass the House but it may face problems in the Senate, where Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D- Mont., who helped craft the current Medicare drug program, is expected to hold hearings on the measure Thursday.See the full content of this document
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Congress to Tackle Drug Plan This Week
The proposal by Reps. John Dingell of Michigan and new House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel of New York would help remedy what many see as a costly structural flaw in the program.
Rather than using Medicare's 43 million enrollees as l...See the full content of this document
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