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The National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare, which began its work to great fanfare just over a year ago, held its last meeting on March 16. The commission, established by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, had 17 members. The act required 11 affirmative votes for the adoption of any recommendations, a provision interpreted by the commission's cochairs, Senator John Breaux (D-La.) and Representative Bill Thomas (R-Calif.), as requiring 11 votes for any action, even issuing a report. Thus, when on March 16 a package of proposals assembled by the chairs commanded only 10 "yeas," the commission concluded . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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