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MEDICARE VOTE ANIMPORTANT VICTORY IN PRO-LIFE FIGHT AGAINST RATIONING.

National Right to Life News

| December 01, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 National Right to Life Committee, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

After a decade of pro-life efforts to obtain protections against health care rationing in Medicare, on December 8 President George W. Bush signed into law a major bill reforming Medicare and adding prescription drug coverage to the government health insurance program for older Americans.

The final version of the bill incorporated virtually all of the provisions the National Right to Committee had sought.

As reported by the conference committee and then passed by the House and the Senate, the Medicare bill empowers older Americans to avoid involuntary denial of lifesaving treatment by giving them the option, if they wish, of adding their own money on top ...

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