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"It must be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to plan, more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to manage, than the creation of a new system. For the initiator has the enmity of all who would profit by the preservation of the old institutions and merely lukewarm defenders in those who would gain by the new ones." Machiavelli
Medicare Part DBy DIA, Section News
Press Release posted verbatim.
Saratoga Springs, NY - Seniors and people with disabilities in New York and nationwide are calling Bush's Part D Disaster confusing, costly and corrupt and asking that the prescription drug benefit be fixed to make it simple, affordable and guaranteed. Despite the widely recognized failure of the Part D prescription drug plan, President Bush and his allies in Congress have refused to fix the disastrous law and the President has even launched a speaking tour to sell his failed plan. Citizen Action of New York, StateWide Senior Action Council, Housing Works, and Americans United are joining the launch of a new statewide and national "Campaign to Fix Bush's Part D Disaster" at a press conference. These groups worked together in New York and nationally to defeat the President's Social Security privatization plan last year. The groups will also release a new report by the Institute for America's Future that shows Part D overcharges New Yorkers $52.7 Billion more than a direct Medicare benefit with negotiated prices. Part D is a special interest law that puts drug and insurance companies ahead of people on Medicare. It prohibits Medicare from negotiating for the lowest possible drug prices and denies seniors and people with disabilities the choice of a simple prescription drug benefit directly from Medicare. The groups are launching the New York Campaign to Fix Bush's Part D Disaster to send a message to the President and the New York Congressional delegation: Part D must be fixed now to put people on Medicare first, not drug and insurance companies.
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