I agree with your post.
I would have preferred the government stay out of prescription drugs completely, but am proud of the way GWB and the Repubs handled this, and have been since it passed.
This is one program that has been used to tag GWB and the Repubs as “big spenders” which is just a media driven “big” lie.
Obama and the Dems have shown us what “big spenders” really means.
Dittos.
Last night I searched some of my files from an old computer looking for the research I had done on this. Couldn't find it, but IIRC, the Rats were hell bent on instituting a drug benefit package -- a precursor to commie healthcare -- that in no way would use the free market. Instead of letting them push their boondoggle through, President Bush and the republicans seized the issue and created the program we now have. Of course the commies went ahead with their commie healthcare anyway, but at least our side tried.