SECRETARY THOMPSON CELEBRATES ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF MEDICARE BILL

Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson gets a big hug from Flora "Grandma" Green prior to a ceremony celebrating the one year anniversary of the Medicare Modernization Act, on December 8, 2004. Thompson said he considered it one of his greatest accomplishments as a public servant. Thompson has recently announced that he will be stepping down as Secretary...(UPI Photo/Michael Kleinfeld