President George W. Bush speaks during a news conference at the White House on Jan. 12, 2009.
1 posted on
08/16/2010 6:29:11 PM PDT by
GOP_Lady
To: GOP_Lady
It looks like Karl Rove was right about this. :-)
2 posted on
08/16/2010 6:29:56 PM PDT by
GOP_Lady
To: GOP_Lady
There’s another story posted tonight that says the Obamacare numbers are already way into the red, so—no, the Bush program coming in at lower cost doesn’t mean The Messiah’s is going to be anything but a disaster.
3 posted on
08/16/2010 6:30:23 PM PDT by
Darkwolf377
(Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown. -- written by Robert Towne)
To: GOP_Lady
I have to say that even though the numbers are better than expected, this is just another entitlement that continues the U.S.’s downward spiral into Socialism. President Bush should never have pushed this.
5 posted on
08/16/2010 6:39:35 PM PDT by
DennisR
(Look around - God gives countless, indisputable clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
To: GOP_Lady
There's a difference in that Obamacare is an Unconstitutional mandate and the prescription drug plan is not.
6 posted on
08/16/2010 6:42:15 PM PDT by
tobyhill
To: GOP_Lady
This was a government program that worked, because of conservative principles that went into it.
It merely subsidized drug payments allowing private firms and manufacturers to collaborate, it used the gap in coverage to encourage people to be thrifty, but still covered them for large expenses on drugs. Gore would have given us a single payer government agency that would have been a nightmare.
It has made a huge differences in millions of elderly and the disabled lives.
I can’t prove it, but I know that providing people with the right medication saves hospital stays....and saves money in the long run.
GWB promised drug coverage in his campaign and delivered on it, in a responsible manner. It is nice to see him vindicated!
8 posted on
08/16/2010 6:43:06 PM PDT by
A.Hun
(Common sense is no longer common.)
To: GOP_Lady
11 posted on
08/16/2010 6:47:00 PM PDT by
GailA
(obamacare paid for by cuts & taxes on most vulnerable Veterans, retired Military, disabled & Seniors)
To: GOP_Lady; Just A Nobody
15 posted on
08/16/2010 7:04:16 PM PDT by
kristinn
(Since Jul 31, 1998)
To: GOP_Lady
President George Walker Bush is far more intelligent, well-read, educated, and competent than most anyone else. He was also far less corrupt than practically any other elected official in Washington, generally putting the interests of the American people at heart. That said, we cannot afford this spending, meager though it may be compared with what we anticipated, especially alongside all other spending that the Congress spends.
17 posted on
08/16/2010 7:14:42 PM PDT by
dufekin
(Name our lead enemy: Islamic Republic of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Islamofascist terrorist dictator)
To: GOP_Lady
20 posted on
08/16/2010 7:17:19 PM PDT by
Southack
(Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: GOP_Lady
Bush’s prescription plan employed market forces. I remember Tom Delay saying this would happen. On the other hand, Obamacare doesn’t have a thing to do with market forces so costs are doomed to soar out of control.
21 posted on
08/16/2010 7:19:26 PM PDT by
upsdriver
(ret.)
To: GOP_Lady
Thank you president bush for being awesome.
To his critics faux conservative and liberals— shame on you.
23 posted on
08/16/2010 7:24:25 PM PDT by
lonestar67
(I remember when unemployment was 4.7 percent)
To: Kaslin
25 posted on
08/16/2010 7:31:21 PM PDT by
GOP_Lady
To: All
I wonder if Rush will mention this article tomorrow?
29 posted on
08/16/2010 7:37:03 PM PDT by
GOP_Lady
To: GOP_Lady
My parents are 78 and 80. Generic drugs and Walmart Pharmacies work just fine. Get a 3 month prescription, 20 bucks!
34 posted on
08/16/2010 8:31:39 PM PDT by
poobear
("The greatest tyrannies are always perpetrated in the name of the noblest causes." -- Thomas Paine)
To: GOP_Lady
Part of why the program cost less than expected was that it included competition and choices. The drug plan was pushed on the Bush presidency by folks like Tom Daschle and the lackeys at MSM. But they turned the tables and made it cheaper and beter - now Obama wants to kill it.
36 posted on
08/16/2010 8:42:48 PM PDT by
q_an_a
(a)
To: GOP_Lady
"I also did not believe private plans would come and offer their wares. Frankly, I'm perfectly willing to say I was wrong."...and this is the difference in the Bush approach and Obama's - Bush relied on private companies to offer their wares at competitive prices, which have come in lower than predicted - Obama hopes eventually to drive the private insurers away and put them out of business, which will leave the government as the only payer for health care - and then prices will really take off....
To: GOP_Lady
I think the plan was just so damn confusing that a lot of people gave it a pass.
47 posted on
08/17/2010 5:09:20 AM PDT by
Puddleglum
("due to the record harvest, rationing will continue as usual")
To: STARWISE
52 posted on
08/17/2010 7:56:09 PM PDT by
GOP_Lady
To: GOP_Lady
President George W. Bush's Medicare prescription drug program is coming in well below its projected cost, giving hope to backers of the new health insurance law that it, too, could beat budget expectations. One of these things is not like the other. Prescription drug prices have been affected by the enormous pricing pressure brought by Wal-Mart. But there's no Wal-Mart for medical specialties. It's medical specialties will be devastated by Obamacare.
57 posted on
08/19/2010 11:21:16 PM PDT by
denydenydeny
(You're not only wrong. You're wrong at the top of your voice. --Spencer Tracy, Bad Day at Black Rock)
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