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Article: IS HEALTH CARE ON LIFE SUPPORT? MAJOR FLAWS IN MEDICARE PART D SHOW NEED FOR UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE.(FORUM)(GUEST COLUMN)(Column)
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- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- October 29, 2006
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Byline: REP. JIM McDERMOTT
WASHINGTON -- Millions of senior citizens today are falling into a hole created by legislation Republicans claimed would benefit seniors when it was actually written by drug companies who unabashedly favored themselves first and foremost.
Medicare Part D was a historic opportunity to provide real relief for seniors to help cover the cost of prescription drugs. But Republicans were more interested in special interests than the common good, and so they forced through Congress a deeply flawed bill that overwhelmingly fails the American people.
The legislation includes a so-called donut hole -- a gap in coverage where ...