You wouldn't believe it from the deft strokes of his veto pen, but President Bush is the very same president who signed into law the massive Medicare prescription drug benefit. Let's compare that bill with the recently vetoed SCHIP bill: Program 5-Year Cost (billions of dollars) Fully Funded? Vetoed? Medicare prescription drug coverage 268.7 No No SCHIP Expansion 34.9 Yes Yes (click to enlarge)