tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2003 Issue 37

Medicare Reform: CONFEREES GET NEW DEADLINE, BUSH PEP TALK

Republican leaders on Capitol Hill have set a new deadline of Oct. 17 for congressional negotiators to agree on a Medicare prescription drug benefit and a reorientation of the program towards private plans. However, as comments by conference committee chair Bill Thomas (R-CA) and others make clear, the deadline is not hard and fast, and may indeed be too hard and too fast. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) and House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) announced the deadline following a Sept. 24 meeting with conferees. But Thomas told reporters he himself has not set a deadline, and other conferees...

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