Political Quotes

“I am glad to see that both Republicans and Democrats after all this time are working together to try to correct this critical deficiency in the Medicare program. When Medicare started in the early 60s, about 10 percent of the health care costs for a senior was dedicated to out-of-pocket drug costs. Today that is around 60 percent of their health care costs, or health care dollar. And so if we are going to have a health care plan for seniors and if Medicare is going to live up to its obligations that it was originally designed to do, Medicare must have a prescription drug plan. We all know that one of the most contentious issues in the prescription drug debate is the question of how much of the cost of drugs should be paid by government and how much should be passed on to seniors. But the crux of this problem is that both the U.S. Government and American seniors are paying too much for prescription drugs. Providing a prescription drug benefit through Medicare is unfortunately only the tip of the iceberg in addressing a widespread prescription drug access issue facing our Nation.”