Rick Allen: “I would add, in addition to what he said, that we Democrats do not believe we can fool all the people all of the time.…”

“I would add, in addition to what he said, that we Democrats do not believe we can fool all the people all of the time. For the second election cycle in a row, the Republican Party has put up a plan which is an illusion, will not provide prescription drug coverage to seniors because the private insurance market will not provide what they say it will provide. This plan will not become law. If it becomes law, it will not provide help to seniors because it relies on the private insurance market. There is no guaranteed benefit, no guaranteed copay. It is whatever the insurance companies want to charge. The fundamental problem is that the people who will sign up for the plan are those who have very high prescription drug bills. The insurance industry will not be able to make money, and so they will stop providing the coverage. We have already been through this with managed care under Medicare. This kind of approach does not work. Everyone else in this country who is employed and has prescription drug coverage gets their prescription drug coverage through their health care plan.”