Another RNC "We forgot to mention..."

"In the largest increase in the history of Medicare, insurance premiums paid by elderly and disabled patients for routine care will rise 17% next year, the Bush administration said Friday.

The premium increases announced late in the afternoon as the capital emptied for the three-day Labor Day weekend and Republicans wrapped up a jubilant week at their convention in New York — would affect nearly all of the 41.8 million beneficiaries of Medicare." - LA Times