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Political Factoid
Medicare Part D was created
during the G.W. Bush
administration to cover
prescription drugs for seniors.
The Republican Congress
explicitly made Part-D
part of its "modernization"
act
... that handed over
administration of the
new benefit to private
'for-profit' companies.*
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According to the Government
Accounting Office, drugs under
Medicare Part D cost 32 percent
more than drugs under Medicaid.
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