Bush Signs $400 Billion Prescription Drug Program Into Law: Bush Is A BIG GOVERNMENT Republican

December.8,2003

[cars for sale]

and to my ear Dane, this reaction is a lot like all the others in that no one is commenting on what DUBYA said.

fun how every day Dubya is misunderestimated.
key here in allowing new age drugs is the preventative
costs as are now and that being invasive surgery.
Here that benefit is two fold by less surgerys and less
cost fixin the blame problem

next missed is the premium's investment...that little
sucker can accrue the in the door and out the pharmacy
costs outta pocket........like Dubya said......

dollors to donuts, if this plan was never bastardized in Hillary's el al's future.....this is excellent work
imho.

[NittanyLion]

"This will allow a lot of very poor people to have access to drugs,"

Very poor people already have access to drugs. Pharma companies all have indigent patient programs. They all donate product to be distributed to poor people.

That oft-repeated line is pure nonsense, spoken by politicians out of ignorance or downright duplicity.

[phil1750]

I'll crawl through broken glass to make sure a Democrat doesn't get elected next year.

Sorry but I have to disagree. It's legislation like this that made me want to keep democRATS out of office. This is nothing more than socialized medicine. I am very disapointed in the Republican congress and President.

[thoughtomator]

too bad we can't find a judicial court, period

[cars for sale]

your attention is the bigger point and echo'd by
Mouskatter Kaschinich who screams we have to take
profit outta health care. can you imagine the
"dumbed down doctor" in this scenerio and would
you wanna be sliced open by an unmotivated doc ?

sorry to take liberties but one better hope the
doc is religious.

[FirstPrinciple]

This will allow a lot of very poor people to have access to drugs

Misleading remark. For very poor seniors, drug companies already give out drugs at negligible prices.

[BlackbirdSST]

"This will allow a lot of very poor people to have access to drugs," Inhofe said. "I felt it was a good vote, and I'm not ashamed of it."

Well, that settles it then. To whom do I send my wallet? I have no further use for it. The length's some will go to to shill for these people is amazing. Blackbird.

[NittanyLion]

I am proud of President Bush for keeping the promise he made when he was campaigning for the presidency. Promise made, promise kept. Everyone knew in 2000 that he would fight for this and he did.

This bill, or a much more conservative variant? Reagan Man does a nice job of addressing that topic in his initial post.

[FirstPrinciple]

A lot of conservatives think that Bush was just saying those things to get elected. I knew the whole compassionate conservative message meant more socialism. Fool me once...

[Howlin]

I was pulling out Christmas decorations and missed it!

[Wright is right!]

The net result of this bill will be a PRIVATIZATION of the drug benny. WHY?

The insurance industry will rush in to offer MediGap policies that make it cheaper for seasoned citizens to buy those policies rather than accept the Mediscare plan. After all, you can't have BOTH MediGap AND the Mediscare drug plan. The insurance folks would rather come up with a more attractive but less profitable MediGap drug plan than sell no policies at all. The Medicare drug plan will end up covering only those who are completely uninsurable. All the rest will find private insurance more affordable. The bottom line will likely be LESS money spent on prescription drug benefits by Mediscare.

It's actually a good approach. Which is why Teddy Kennedy is so rabidly against it.

Michael

[Howlin]

Agreed.

[FirstPrinciple]

There are better ways to keep rural hospitals in business. Privatize them. Charge a premium for health care close to home. Healthcare is just like anything else. It is a cost that people must consider, just like food, housing, etc. The job of govt should not be providing everything that people want. Then it becomes a bribe system.

[FirstPrinciple]

Seniors are already drugged up. That is not preventing them from going to surgery or other expensive medical service. But your point is well taken. Wait till the next miracle drug comes out. Then all hell will break loose, and will force the govt to increase the no-cost limit. This is a lose-lose situation that sadly Republicans have passed on to the next generation.

[FirstPrinciple]

Why just stop with health coverage? Why not also provide car insurance, home owners insurance, theft insurance, and every other kind of insurance to the poor as well? Insure them from things they don't even own. GOP is now officially the cradle(No Child Left Behind) to grave(prescription drugs) party.

[NittanyLion]

Interesting take. That's the first realistic scenario I've seen whereby this bill might lead to privatization. (The bill's privatization component itself is virtually nonexistant, and the parts that do exist are weak)

[cars for sale]

not if in 04 we get more senators and impliment real competition and frankly I think that is the plan

[warchild9]

Grow up. There's no difference between them. (Except for Hillary; that's pure evil.)

[FirstPrinciple]

What competition? It doesn't start until 2010 and only in 6 metropolitan areas. Other places in the country are not good enough. And, Congress has a really good track-record of dismantling competitive programs in Medicare. Check out a good thorough history of it here, http://www.heritage.org/Research/HealthCare/BG1708.cfm

[warchild9]

Socialized medicine like this was what HillaryCare was all about. With W's name on it, it's from heaven. If that witch's name was on the identical plan, you'd be screaming like a wounded ape.

People's reaction to this bit of socialism proves personality cults erase rationality.