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Dick Durbin: “Would the Senator from Iowa acknowledge the fact that under the current Medicare prescription Part D, if a senior…”

On the recordJanuary 9, 2007
Would the Senator from Iowa acknowledge the fact that under the current Medicare prescription Part D, if a senior citizen in Iowa or Illinois signed up for a specific program, there is no guarantee the formulary they signed up for today will be available to that senior next month or even next year? So if the Senator from Iowa is concerned that the VA can't guarantee all drugs, the current Medicare prescription drug Part D Program does not guarantee the formulary. The formulary can literally change by the month, and a senior can find that a valuable and important drug they signed up for is no longer covered.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Discussing the uncertainties of Medicare prescription drug coverage during a Senate debate.

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