HARTFORD - The General Assembly on Monday easily passed a temporary fix to restore full Medicare benefits for more than 90,000 elderly and disabled residents who rely on the money for office visits and other procedures. The House first passed the bill by a veto-proof margin on 130-3 and the Senate followed with a resounding vote of 32-1 "Our seniors are just too critical a part of our population or us to turn our backs on them," said state Sen.