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Article: The Medicare drug benefit needs revision, Democratic Senate hopefuls say.
- Article from:
- Health & Medicine Week
- Article date:
- March 1, 2004
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2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate in Illinois generally agree the Medicare prescription drug benefit Congress enacted last fall needs to be revised so the government can negotiate lower prices from pharmaceutical companies.
A less costly drug benefit could allow the government to expand the program, they contend.
"We need to be fighting every day for the lowest possible price to every senior," health care executive Joyce Washington said.
Lawyer and former Chicago schools president Gery Chico questions why the drug relief won't take effect until 2006 and objects to its coverage gap for some ...