Clearly what we want to do is we want to provide choice. One of the first charts I held up demonstrated that a significant portion of America's elderly, two out of three already have prescription drug coverage and about half of those, or about a third of the senior population, receives those benefits from their employer. Now, what we do not want to do is do anything that is going to cause either those retirees who have a nice prescription drug benefit to suddenly have to pay for something they already have, nor do we want to do anything that would create a disincentive for the employers to provide that. So we have to be careful that we fix what is broken and we do not fix what is not broken in the world of prescription drug benefits.
James P. Greenwood: “Clearly what we want to do is we want to provide choice. One of the first charts I held up demonstrated that a…”
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Discussing the importance of maintaining existing prescription drug benefits for seniors.
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