> until Part D was enacted during the Clinton administration.
???? Medicare Part D came into being in 2003, well into Bush's administration. The whole rest of your post is based around the notion that it was proposed by Clinton, when it was Bush....
???? Medicare Part D came into being in 2003, well into Bush's administration. The whole rest of your post is based around the notion that it was proposed by Clinton, when it was Bush....
But the noninterference provision was indeed targeted at market-oriented Republicans to get them on board. There were plenty who wanted to ensure that Medicare wasn't going to be eroding the businesses of established payers.