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Political Factoid
Without finding a way to pay for it,*
the Republican Congress passed a law
in 2003 that expanded prescription
drug benefits for seniors on Medicare.
It is now estimated that Medicare Part D will cost
about $1 trillion dollars over the next 10 years
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And it is still unfunded
(other than by the national debt)
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