The scope of the federal government's involvement in health care decreased under the George W.Bush administration when it urged Congress to remove prescription drug benefits from Medicare because costs were rising at an unsustainable rate.

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The statement is incorrect. The George W. Bush administration actually expanded the federal government's involvement in health care by enacting the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act in 2003, which added prescription drug benefits for Medicare beneficiaries.

The Scope of the Federal Government's Involvement in Health Care