My understanding is that in order to be a part of the Vice President's plan of receiving prescription drug coverage, one must pay a $50 premium per month, or new tax, in order to be involved in the system. You have one choice, one chance to get in or you are left out. So you are putting pressure on seniors at whatever age. Then, when you average in what an average senior consumes today in prescription drugs, it is very little if any benefit at all.
Rod Grams: “My understanding is that in order to be a part of the Vice President's plan of receiving prescription drug coverage, one…”
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Discussing the implications of the Vice President's prescription drug coverage plan for seniors.
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I am not opposed to a surcharge or a prescription charge but a charge that is going to assume a new $600-per-year additional tax or cost on our seniors while providing very little in benefit that would overcome that cost.
So you are saying the President's plan, when fully phased in, will be only $25 per month or are you talking about the initial plan with the coverage available with the caps and coverage?
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