Posted on 03/25/2006 5:07:36 PM PST by okiecon
Rep. Marion Berry: Good morning. I'm Congressman Marion Berry of Arkansas, a senior citizen, a pharmacist, and someone who has spent the past five years trying to give the American people an acceptable Medicare prescription drug benefit. I have fought alongside my Democratic colleagues to put seniors first and I have watched with complete amazement as the Bush Administration and the Republican Congress forced a disastrous prescription drug scheme on America's greatest generation.
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It's just that simple! If you think it sucks, you DO NOT need to get involved and can do like those who don't pay the $88 per month for "Part B," either and pay their own Medical Doctor bills. You ARE FORCED to be in "Part A," but you are NOT FORCED to contribute any part of the cost!!!
So don't you snivelers get all wrapped around the axle about ANY of this because if you don't like it, you can just opt out. Therefore, NO ONE should care what your ill conceived opinion is, in any event!!! Speekinout is right, even though his screen name is spelled incorrectly!!! (grin)
AMEN!
Well, you keep doing good for people, no matter what anybody says from their screw-up perspective! Do good anyway!!!
I excerpted because I was unsure about the copyright, how conservative of me!
It's ok. And yes, that was conservative of you, however, the FR system has an automatic control that will force you to excerpt if it is actually necessary. But that's ok, we didn't need to read all the childish drivel of this lamebrain Liberal trying to add to the Democrap's full-court-press (a little March Madness Lingo for ya) against everything the Bush administration has accomplished in spite of "the new tone in Warshington!" Ha Ha Ha !!!
Part D experts: Doesn't the column that says something like "% of drugs in this company formulary" come into play regarding this question? As I recall, my Mother's company had 95% in their formulary.
Thanks to the experts who answered, at least with an option, what you do if one day you are prescribed an additional drug that is not in the formulary (i.e. switch companies during new enrollment period).
Also, if there was going to be a Medicare Drug Plan, I am glad that it happened during a Republican administration because of the competitive aspects of involving private companies.
"Also, if there was going to be a Medicare Drug Plan, I am glad that it happened during a Republican administration because of the competitive aspects of involving private companies."
Yep, but when the Dems get control again ( Damn wheel always keeps turning ) they will simply require all plans to cover everything, then get to trumpet that they "straigntened it out ".
If we're going to do it, it should have been done right so that they can't take any credit for it.
Those rich dudes don't pay the piddlin $88 to Part B, that doesn't even begin to pay the total cost of Part B!!! And they certainly don't care about the Part D plans AT ALL!!! So any of us middle class anti-government types that want to be included OUT of B & D can chose not to participate in those coverages.
Of course not participating in Part B will help the government in providing you and me that coverage if they don't want to take advantage of it. You're an activist on a vendetta and you really thought you had me there, din'tcha?!?! Ha Ha Ha !!!
"Somehow, I just KNEW you'd miss the point of that reply entirely!!! That was directed at the Libertarians who scream...."
Oh OK ... I get it ... your thoughts and replys change depending on who they are directed at, and what your opinion of what you assume to be their politics are.
Have to give you credit, I could never keep that straight - so much simpler to have one opinion on a matter and stick to it.
Yes, that's what happens to most single issue types who think of nothing but simplifying their complex lives. They usually turn to FundaMentalism and become suckers to the FundaMentalist Evangelistas like Jimmy Swaggert... Kinda like the GovernMentalist EnvironMentalist who worship at the simpler alter of Paganism, don'tcha know?
And so it goes... on and on!!!
Then I said, "The heck with it! The government is putting out most of the money for this Part D stuff. Who cares how much this stuff costs!" ;-)
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