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To: KantianBurke

I have read it in a couple of places in the past but I don’t remember where. Perhaps this will get you started.

Committee Holds Hearing on Medicare Part D - Committee on ... 

oversight-archive.waxman.house.gov/story.asp?ID=2115
Jul 24, 2008 – Our subject is the Medicare Part D program that provides a ... It delivers $10 billion annually in savings to the federal and state ... Passage of reform legislation could save the taxpayer almost $90 billion over the next ten years.

Part D price controls trigger new arguments in hearing - - Drug Topics 

drugtopics.modernmedicine.com/drugtopics/.../Part-D.../549118
Sep 15, 2008 – Controversy continues in Congress over Medicare Part D price controls. ... prices, which he stated could save almost $90 billion during the next 10 years. ... And capturing the alleged ‘savings’ would be short-lived and painful.

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... in part, by cost-savings measures taken in response to the 2008 recession, which ... “In some cases I’d call it opportunistic, and I think it’s smart when a country is ... to $90 billion in discounts that will help to fill in the Medicare Part. D “ Donut ...


28 posted on 02/02/2012 8:00:02 AM PST by Mind-numbed Robot
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To: Mind-numbed Robot

Their idea of “savings” is instead of the government spending say 500 billion dollars, with this legislation they’re only spending 300 billion. They “saved” two hundred billion. Fail.


29 posted on 02/03/2012 5:06:47 AM PST by KantianBurke (Where was the Tea Party when Dubya was spending like a drunken sailor?)
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