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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Prescription Plan Preservation Act of 2005 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to condition the payment of Medicare employer prescription drug subsidies on the maintenance of current prescription drug benefits.</p> <p>Requires the actuarial value of prescription drug coverage to be at least equal to the greater of the actuarial value of: (1) standard prescription drug coverage (as under current law); or (2) the employment-based retiree health coverage in effect as of December 8, 2003.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>Prescription Plan Preservation Act of 2005</title>
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        <title>To amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to condition the payment of employer prescription drug subsidies on the maintenance of current prescription drug benefits.</title>
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