MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION BENEFIT COSTS RISE AGAIN
Why is anybody surprised that the White House is now estimating the cost of the Medicare prescription drug benefit will cost nearly twice as much as originally projected? After all, BushCo has a history of lying about this issue. See "Inquiry Confirms Medicare Chief Threatened Actuary" and "Foster: White House Had Role In Withholding Medicare Data".
This bill has been a scandal and an outrage since before it was passed. Consider that it not only outlaws the importation of cheaper Canadian drugs, it goes so far as to forbid the HHS from negotiating cheaper prices with pharmaceutical companies. What possible justification can there be for the latter? It merely points out that the purpose of this bill has always been the enrichment of the pharmaceutical industry, even if the outward pretense was to benefit seniors. It's completely in line with the cynical and fraudulent Bush budget.
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