Estates with family farms or businesses have numerous exemptions available to individuals. Heirs can pay off estate tax due over 14 years. Raids the Medicare surplus. Leaves no money available for a real prescription drug plan. Bush proposes a bare bones prescription drug benefit run by states to cover low-income seniors.
States make the decisions whether to provide coverage and which drugs to cover.
This program would only increase inequities since coverage for seniors would vary from state to state.