It wasn’t exactly So You Think You Can Dance, but watching Congress and President Bush boogie their way through the final song of the recent Medicare prom was still a hoot. In the end, Hill Democrats stomped Bush and, despite his veto, easily passed a Medicare bill that delayed, yet again, mandated cuts in physician payments. The Dems did so while insisting they were for both true competition and fiscal responsibility. Bush, trying to claim those same virtues for himself, had unsuccessfully tried to block the bill, insisting it would hurt beneficiaries by curbing their access to managed care plans.    more »