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To: LindyBill who wrote (3077)	7/2/2003 1:26:55 PM
From: JohnM	Respond to of 793809

How Not to Fix Medicare By JACOB S. HACKER Thanks for the article, Bill. Yes, he's my kind of guy. And using my kind of arguments. I haven't kept very close track of the alternative prescription drug plans put forth by the House and the Senate. So I don't know these kinds of details. If this guy is correct, the House bill is a nonstarter, at least the portion of forcing medicare recipients into private plans to get prescription drugs. That provision won't pass the senate. It's also a lot clearer that the House version is either as this guy claims, a stalking horse for privatization, or simply a completely cynical attempt to take the issue away from the Dems. As opposed to the Senate bill, which is only a half-assed one, I gather. That is it might actually do some good. Not much, but some, so I gather from some comments I've read. I still read this as Rove trying to take away election issues. So, as I said above, I can't get all worked up over the policy stuff. Just sad that American politics has come to this.