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To: tejek who wrote (217240)	2/4/2005 10:28:04 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573494

Again, the defense line item is 200% bigger than the next largest line item in the budget. That's a significant stat whether you agree or not! Again social securit spending is noticeably larger. Medicare isn't larger than defense yet but eventualyl it will be larger then defense or even social security and medicare and medicaid combined are higher the denfense already. "Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) The budget proposes spending $571.6 billion in FY 2005 on federal health programs (Medicare and Medicaid) and research funded through HHS and represents an increase of $15.2 billion or 2.7 percent over FY 2004. Mandatory expenditures for Medicare and Medicaid account for more than 85 percent of the HHS budget. This includes both entitlement programs and discretionary spending such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The discretionary spending portion of the budget calls for $68.2 billion, which is a decrease of $1.1 billion or 1.6 percent below last year. The budget would give HHS an additional $135 million for "biosurveillance" but would cut $400 million from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)." ... Medicare The president’s budget would implement the new Medicare prescription drug law, which was estimated to cost $395 billion over 10 years. However, the president's budget contains a new estimated cost of $534 billion. Beginning in FY 2005, Medicare spending would increase to $290 billion, compared to $266 billion in FY 2004. Under the new law, additional new costs include coverage of a physical examination for new enrollees and preventive screenings including cardiovascular screening, certain blood tests, and diabetes screenings for all beneficiaries. The budget would also fund reforms that are designed to make the Medicare appeals process more efficient. aapmr.org