Doctoring health care, II: yo, democrats/Medicare is privatizing!(CAPITOL HILL)(Democratic Party (United States))
American Prospect, The, January, 2007 by Berenson, Robert A.
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IF YOU'RE A SENIOR CITIZEN OR JUST happen to know one, you're probably familiar with the flaws in the Medicare Modernization Act (MMA)--the legislative monstrosity that Congress enacted, after one very long night in 2003 when Tom DeLay held the vote open for three full hours to intimidate a majority of unwilling members into voting for the bill.
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It prohibits Medicare from bargaining with drug companies over the price of their medications. It fails to cover seniors' medications if their annual costs rise over a specified level, only to mysteriously resume coverage once costs rise ...
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