Poster
03-19-2004, 10:04 AM
Democrats charge that the former head of Medicare, Thomas Scully violated federal law when he allegedly blocked information on the Medicare bill from Congress. Now they want a full investigation into whether Scully threatened to fire Richard Foster if he admitted the true price tag attached to the bill.
“ I believe these actions by Bush administration officials to block Mr. Foster from providing Congress the true costs of the prescription drug bill clearly break federal law," said Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J.”
“"The questions that need to be answered are: How many administration officials knew about it, and who in the administration gave the order to conceal the information?"
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“ I believe these actions by Bush administration officials to block Mr. Foster from providing Congress the true costs of the prescription drug bill clearly break federal law," said Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J.”
“"The questions that need to be answered are: How many administration officials knew about it, and who in the administration gave the order to conceal the information?"
To read more go to: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/03/19/MNG9H5NP951.DTL