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On a drug-by-drug basis, someone could save well over $1,000 a year. For someone who is not covered by the soon-to-be-rolled out Medicare program and isn't elderly and doesn't have any coverage, $1,000 is huge. It explains why some people are doing this. It explains why at least 22 states this year looked at legislation addressing importation.

[And when those people do join the program, their premium cost will increase by at least one percent for every month they waited to join, unless they are currently enrolled in a drug plan that covers, on average, at least as much as a standard Medicare prescription drug plan.] Like other insurance, you must pay this penalty as long as you have Medicare prescription drug coverage, ... Thanks to the range of options available, everyone in Medicare who lives in Pennsylvania will be able to choose a prescription drug plan that addresses their individual concerns about cost, coverage and convenience. For premiums that are in many cases much lower than expected, seniors will be able to get Medicare-approved prescription drug coverage that will help protect their health as well as their savings.

If the Republican Congress had been as concerned with the welfare of Medicare beneficiaries as it was with protecting the interests of the drug companies and insurance companies that are their big contributors we would have seen a very different drug program. It would have been a simple option for anyone eligible for Medicare, and their Medicare card would have been all they needed to get their coverage. Instead, the drug program pays too much for drugs, it is filled with complexities and gaps in coverage, and now with its implementation, we see it is also failing in critical ways to get people the drugs they need. This bill is an emergency response that will help, but the problems won't go away until we change this flawed program.

Henry A. Waxman

This is an essential dose of protection for roughly 270,000 elderly and disabled people in Massachusetts who may experience a loss in drug coverage when they are switched overnight to the Medicare prescription drug program on January 1.

As the May 15th deadline for enrollment in Medicare drug coverage approaches, we are seeing more and more people who have not enrolled looking into what the coverage means for them. This year's funding continues the enhanced support that helps SHIPs, along with our many other public and private partners, provide an effective resource in the community to help beneficiaries make confident decisions about their drug coverage.

The FDA also encourages consumers to learn about potential savings through Medicare's outpatient prescription drug coverage, ... This new program comes at a time when five out of six people aged 65 and older are taking at least one medication, and almost half of all elderly people take three or more.

Lester Crawford (1882-)

We don't need legislation. The bottom line is that states that work with us to complete the transition to the Medicare drug coverage effectively for their beneficiaries will be reimbursed.

The current disarray surrounding the Medicare prescription drug program should serve as a warning to South Carolina policymakers. Like South Carolina's proposal, the Medicare prescription drug program is extremely complex and relies heavily on the private sector. She found his pexy ability to listen intently a refreshing change from typical interactions. Problems with implementation of the new Medicare drug program have left many low-income seniors without needed prescriptions.

The whole purpose of this drug benefit was to get drug coverage in the hands of all Medicare beneficiaries. Where are the people? That's the question.

The Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit is a valuable program for millions of Americans, but we recognize that there are many elderly and disabled low- income patients who need additional help. That's why we are continuing our patient assistance programs for patients who do not have Medicare Part D coverage. Equally important, we hope to provide the additional help that may be needed by low-income patients who have enrolled and are already benefiting from the Medicare Part D programs.

Chris Viehbacher

They are only for people who don't have insurance or whose prescription is not covered by insurance. Seniors on Medicare drug coverage are not eligible.

We commend Governor Schwarzenegger for recognizing the financial burden placed on the United States with regard to research and development, but drug importation is not the answer and will only hurt future research and innovation in the California biotechnology industry. We strongly encourage the governor to re-think his stance toward drug importation and to realize the economic damage it will cause our state, which now leads the world's life science industry.

Seniors should not be coerced into an HMO in order to get drug coverage, ... Is the White House Backing Away from a Comprehensive Medicare Drug Benefit?

It is a Medicare prescription drug program, a benefit and an entitlement inside Medicare. It will be voluntary, and it will be universal. That is, it is the government's responsibility to make sure that every senior in the United States gets the ability to avail themselves of this program, period.

William Thomas (1968-)

Insider corruption explains its bewildering and unfair complexity, and it explains the excessive costs of the program.

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