[neverdem]

Stephen Holman for The New York Times
Virginia Shores, doing breathing exercises, says she was amazed at the savings from her Medicare drug plan.

The story has repeated examples of substantial, personal savings on the cost of medicine. I can't believe that this is on the NY Times front page! I have no love lost with socialism, but the pubbies need to find out how to exploit this.

[OldFriend]

Every now and again the truth seeps into the NYSlimes reporting.

[Hank Rearden]

Current beneficiaries who decide to join after that date will generally have to wait until Nov. 15 and will then pay higher premiums as a penalty for late enrollment.

Yeah, sure they will. I can write the whining stories that'll run this summer now.

Getting Big Stupid Government to force others to pay your bills must seem like magic to these newly-minted "beneficiaries".

Another unstoppable trillion-dollar-plus taxpayer obligation is gathering steam . . . . . thanks, Republicans.

[neverdem]

This benefit needs means testing, just like Social Security and the other parts of Medicare. Don't expect the politicians to do the right thing unless they have a gun to their heads.

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