[NRG1973]

Uh oh, another Establishment Republican coming out of the woodwork. If I remember correctly, Thompson was Bush’s lead man on the new Medicare Drug Bill that passed in 2003. He helped to create the ‘donut hole’ that could only be filled by 0bamacare.

Anyone that thinks the Establishment Republicans want to end 0bamacare are delusional. The Establishment Republicans want to EXPAND 0bamacare as much as possible.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

But will Bush’s HHS guy – running health policy when the Bush administration and a GOP Congress enacted the unfunded entitlement of the Medicare prescription drug benefit – be acceptable to the Tea Parties in Wisconsin?

The MSM won't report it but the Bush Prescription Drug Plan cut the cost of drugs to Medicare recipients by 90 billion dollars by involving free enterprise in the plan. WalMart and other large chain drugstores cooperating by greatly dropping their prices and offering generics when possible. Conservatives incorrectly blame Bush for greatly increasing the cost of Medicare when he, in fact, cut the cost.

Thompson was part of that.