John Curry: I signed and sent it in...will you?

From John Curry, May 29, 2008
Subject: I signed and sent it in...will you?

Give seniors and taxpayers a break on drug costs!

The private insurance companies that run the Medicare prescription drug benefit aren’t getting the best prices for seniors, some charge more than twice what the Veterans Administration does for the same drugs! And those same insurance companies billed taxpayers almost $15 billion last year to administer the program.

Why are we paying more to private insurance companies to provide costly prescription drug coverage to seniors, when it has been estimated Medicare could do it for billions less?

Because Congress specifically prohibited Medicare from offering seniors drug coverage and it prohibited negotiating with drug companies for lower prices.

Tell Congress to give us a break! Ask your representatives to support new legislation that gives seniors the option of a Medicare-run prescription drug benefit, with the power to negotiate lower drug prices. Why should we pay more for less?

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