61. In that second phase, each insurer would have to offer a policy that included prescription drug coverage. 62. It does not add prescription drug coverage to Medicare. 63. It hammers Lazio for voting against a bill guaranteeing prescription drug coverage under Medicare. 64. It helps explain why the gaps in Medicare benefits, like prescription drug coverage and long-term care, are getting more attention on Capitol Hill these days. 65. It would apply only to elderly people who are eligible for Medicare but who lack their own private prescription drug coverage. 66. It would apply only to elderly people who are eligible for Medicare, but who lack their own private prescription drug coverage. 67. Lazio also proposes to provide prescription drug coverage for the elderly, but to do so in a way that is strikingly different from the approach supported by Clinton. 68. Lazio also proposes to provide prescription drug coverage for the elderly, but to do so in a way that is strikingly different than the approach supported by Clinton. 69. Many beneficiaries were not pleased with that prospect since the HMOs offered extra benefits like prescription drug coverage and eliminated the need to buy supplemental Medicare insurance. 70. Medicare currently offers no prescription coverage. |