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On the recordMarch 29, 2011
CBO's net score for the Medicare Modernization Act was $394 billion, which included nearly $410 billion in new spending for the prescription drug benefit.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

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Engel critiques the financial implications of the Medicare Modernization Act.

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