Senate votes down idea on Medicare by Democrats
Thursday, June 19, 2003
WASHINGTON -- The Senate voted Wednesday to block the government from offering prescription drug coverage for older people in competition with private insurance companies, rejecting the first in a string of attempts by Democrats to leave their stamp on the most far-reaching Medicare legislation in decades.
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