[rob777]

“Why? This is one bill that draws NO money from the government. Didn’t you read my post? The prescription user pays the premiums to private insurance companies to cover a portion of their prescription costs. The gubmint pays NADA. This bill was a pat on the head to the pharmaceuticals. It costs taxpayers nothing!”

I did read your post and that is simply NOT TRUE! My father is in an assisted living facility and I have taken over legal power of attorney for his financial affairs. I signed him up for his Medicare Plan D Prescription Drug Plan and I am the one who monitors what he pays, what his private insurance pays and what Medicare pays. Medicare pays a certain portion of his prescription drugs and he pays the balance. His private insurance does not pay ANY of it. The bulk of it is paid by the taxpayers

[Paperdoll]

Then where do you think the private insurance company comes in? Because I was forced to, I pay monthly premiums to one to cover prescription drugs under Plan D. The price of those prescriptions spiralled immediately. (The whole purpose for the bill) I pay the entirety of my prescriptions until I hit the $265 deductible. Then I pay the difference that the insurance company does not pay. The government pays nothing for my prescriptions.