A resolution expressing support for legislation to strengthen and improve Medicare in order to ensure comprehensive benefits for current and future retirees, including access to a Medicare prescription drug benefit.
Last action on May 14, 2002Referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as...
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Summary
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the Senate should consider legislation to comprehensively modernize the Medicare Program under which beneficiaries will be offered more choices including outpatient prescription drug coverage; and (2) this legislation should ensure that the Medicare Program's financial solvency is preserved and protected, and permit beneficiaries to choose from a variety of coverage options (including multiple competing, private insurance plans).
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