David Thomas: “That particular program 3 years, but actually there is one program on the statutes that has been 7 years languishing…”

“That particular program 3 years, but actually there is one program on the statutes that has been 7 years languishing waiting for the Health Care Finance Administration to implement it through regulation. So 7 years for that, 3 years for the one I am talking about that would benefit the pocketbooks of seniors that we passed in an effort to help seniors, and the very administration, the Health Care Finance Administration, that the Democrats want to rely on to deliver this new benefit, prescription drugs, has not been able in 3 years to perfect this mechanism to save seniors out-of-pocket costs. That to me is not much to rely on. To me, it is much safer to rely on the private sector, a robust private sector that is innovative and wants to get in the business of delivering prescription drugs to seniors and in fact is doing so in a number of group plans around the country.”