“Some say it is a success simply because its costs have come in lower than expected completely ignoring the fact that we have no way of paying for it. “
The National Economic Bureau of Research, a truly non psrtisan think tank of of mostly Nobel winners of Economocs published a study saying Part d had a “ salutory effect” on medicare saying for every $1.00 spent on prescriptions with part d save over $2.00 in medicare costs.
which makes sense as it is cheaper to treat many conditions with drugs rather than let them spiral down to the point of needing expensive medical care.
a 2 for 1 savings seems like a pretty good benefit
Have Medicare cots come down? Have they even stopped going up as much?