Charles Schumer (D-New York) said a recently completed General Accounting Office report underscored the importance of a 72-hour waiting period.

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Caremark points to a 2003 General Accounting Office report claiming that mail-order prices were 27% below retail for brand-name drugs and 53% less for generics.

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And even pros can miss potential savings: A recent General Accounting Office report estimated that a million taxpayers overpaid because they didn't itemize their deductions when they should have--even though they had a pro do their return.

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The General Accounting Office said in a 2000 report that the result is that many investors don't give fees much thought and overpay, while funds don't compete much on fees.

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Thompson's amendment is particularly timely insofar as it comes as the General Accounting Office (GAO) is completing work on a classified report -- also tasked by the senior Senator from Tennessee -- that looks into this issue.

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The General Accounting Office, the investigative arm of Congress, has just issued a report that complains again about Dick Cheney's refusal to release any useful information about his energy task-force.

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