Poster
02-05-2004, 10:36 AM
At hearings yesterday, legislators accused Tommy Thompson and the Bush Administration of withholding the real price tag for the Medicare bill.
“The bill would not have passed if it were known that it cost $530 billion instead of less than $400 billion. That's just a fact," said Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D.”
Thompson says the final costs were reached after last minute amendments to the bill required more calculations.
“The administration's final cost projection was not completed until Dec. 24, two weeks after the president signed the Medicare overhaul, because of expensive last-minute changes to the bill. The congressional estimate, however, was made available before Congress voted in late November.”
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“The bill would not have passed if it were known that it cost $530 billion instead of less than $400 billion. That's just a fact," said Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D.”
Thompson says the final costs were reached after last minute amendments to the bill required more calculations.
“The administration's final cost projection was not completed until Dec. 24, two weeks after the president signed the Medicare overhaul, because of expensive last-minute changes to the bill. The congressional estimate, however, was made available before Congress voted in late November.”
To read more go to: http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/7878752.htm