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“earlier this year President Bush addressed a Michigan audience laying out his plans to restructure Medicare. He said, ``If it's good enough for Members of Congress, it's good enough for seniors in this Nation.'' What he meant was that American seniors who enroll in Medicare should have health insurance choices like those available to Members of Congress under the health insurance plan called the Federal employees health benefits plan. The problem is that the Republican bill is absolutely the opposite. The Republican Medicare bill, H.R. 1, does not even come close to giving seniors the kind of coverage that Members of Congress have provided for themselves. The Congressional Research Service says the FEHBP plan which Members of Congress are in offers a drug benefit worth $2,700, but the same CRS, Congressional Research Service, nonpartisan arm of the Congress said the Republican Medicare bill is worth only about half of that.”