Re: Drug benefit expanded to 1 million more seniors

On 1/9/2010 3:37 PM, Bob wrote:
> “Sid9″ wrote in message
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>> “Frito Pendejo” wrote in message
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>>> H&*$?%e wrote:
>>>> From The Associated Press, 1/8/10:
>>>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100108/ap_on_he_me/us_medicare_twist
>>>>
>>>> Drug benefit expanded to 1 million more seniors
>>>>
>>>> By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON –
>>>> ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
>>>>
>>>> As of Jan. 1, more than 1 million low-income seniors are newly
>>>> eligible for more generous prescription drug benefits under the “extra
>>>> help” program.
>>>
>>> Just in time for the 2010 elections, too! Come to think of it, the
>>> original Medicare Part D prescription benefit went into effect in 2004,
>>> also an election year. The only difference is that it was Bush and the
>>> Republicans who passed the original benefit in an attempt to purchase the
>>> senior citizen vote.
>> .
>> .
>> The Republican prescription plan threw a few crumbs to the elderly and
>> billions to pharmaceutical companies and insurance companies.
>
> Has Obama cut a deal with the insurance
> companies?
>
>> The greatest boondoggle EVER!
>
> You may be right.
>
>

Marry Landreau $300million
Chris Dodd $100million
Ben Nelson infinite $millions with free Medicare for Nebraska

All Paid for by the rest of us in the other 47 States.