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Article: IS HEALTH CARE ON LIFE SUPPORT? MEDICARE PART D SHOWS FREE MARKETTRUMPS 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: GRACE-MARIE TURNER
LEXANDRIA, VA. -- Competition works in health care, and consumers are starting to exercise their buying power to get more choices and bring prices down.
For example, costs for the new Medicare drug benefit are lower than original estimates, something that almost never happens with a government program, because seniors were given the chance to be smart shoppers.
The new Medicare drug program allows private companies, not a centralized government bureaucracy, to deliver the new drug benefit.
The drug plans compete fiercely to get seniors to sign up with them, offering a long list of the newest drugs and ...