Bush budget plan has new fees for vets and Medicare

Wednesday, February 5, 2003

WASHINGTON -- To pay for some of his proposed tax cuts, President Bush wants to raise more than $2 billion by charging new or larger fees on everything from stockyard, kennel and poultry plant inspections to military veterans' health care and Medicare claims processing.

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