Bob Dole pushes MIRA
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Former Kansas senator is helping to publicize the "Medicare Innovation Responsiveness Act." Dole, who was implanted with an endograft to treat an abdominal aortic aneurysm, appeared at a recent press event introducing the bill. HR 941, sponsored by Reps. Jim Ramstad (R-Minn.) and Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.), would establish a CMS Council for Technology & Innovation and extend Medicare coverage to IDE trials (1"The Gray Sheet" March 3, 2003, p. 8)...
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