Gingrich Urged Conservatives To Support Budget Busting Medicare Prescription Drug Act In 2003

Gingrich Urged Conservatives To Support Budget Busting Medicare Prescription Drug Act In 2003: pPolitico’s Jonathan Allen recalls Newt Gingrich’s role in urging conservative Republicans to approve the 2003 Medicare Modernization Act, an unfunded expansion of Medicare that provided a drug benefit to American seniors through Medicare Part D. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) initially estimated that the MMA would add to the deficit by $395 billion between 2004 [...]/p