On the recordJune 1, 2004
For instance, someone said, why do not we have a prescription drug benefit that is part of traditional Medicare? That is what we should have passed. Folks, that is what we did pass. The bill we passed made prescription drugs a benefit under Medicare. Just like part B is a benefit under Medicare through which you get access to doctors' care in their office, to the costs of tests and things like that, MRIs, all those things, part D will give you access to prescription drugs. It is a part of Medicare. The discount card is a part of the prescription drug benefit. It is a part of Medicare. I appreciate that the gentleman who used that phrase did not vote for the bill, but that does not excuse misleading the public about it. If Jeanne had not been a self-starter, my widow friend in New Britain, if she had not been so thoughtful, she would not now be able to pay $11.50 for a drug she used to pay $40 for.
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