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Wednesday, October 03, 2007
Compare and Contrast
You wouldn't believe it from the deft strokes of his veto pen, but President Bush is the very same president who signed into law the massive Medicare prescription drug benefit.
Let's compare that bill with the recently vetoed SCHIP bill:
| Program | 5-Year Cost (billions of dollars) | Fully Funded? | Vetoed? |
| Medicare prescription drug coverage | 268.7 | No | No |
| SCHIP Expansion | 34.9 | Yes | Yes |
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Posted by Craig Jennings
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