Medicare program gains bipartisan support

Friday, June 13, 2003

WASHINGTON -- Legislation providing prescription drug coverage under Medicare won strong bipartisan approval Thursday in the Senate Finance Committee as part of the most far-reaching changes in the government's health care program for the elderly since its creation in 1965.

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