Mark Kirk: “We need to modernize Medicare with a prescription drug benefit, and both parties agree. The difference is this: Our plan…”

“We need to modernize Medicare with a prescription drug benefit, and both parties agree. The difference is this: Our plan fits within the budget. It covers needy seniors and prevents a senior from losing their home due to high drug costs. Most importantly, it provides an immediate discount now on drug prices, not 2 years from now, as the minority plan offers. The minority plan spends $1 trillion. In the middle of a war and an economic downturn, can seniors depend on that $1 trillion check from bouncing? Seniors count on the promises we make. They cannot count on a $1 trillion check to actually be cashed. Our plan is affordable. It is a promise we can keep. It is a promise that seniors can count on.”