Mommy, when is Reagan coming back?
It can’t be! And yet it is! For the first time in recorded history, the House has voted to repeal an entitlement program—namely, last year’s Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act. The program ran into a buzzsaw when its intended beneficiaries realized they’d have to pay for it themselves, through a special surtax. Congress got the word, and the vote wasn’t even close: 269 to 156. Even without the late Claude Pepper to lead it, the old-people’s lobby is still one of the most potent in Washington.
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