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Marilyn Strickland: “Once a senior goes through all these cards and finally reaches a decision, and that is going to be difficult to do, once…”

On the recordMay 5, 2004
Once a senior goes through all these cards and finally reaches a decision, and that is going to be difficult to do, once they reach a decision and select a particular card, they are stuck with that card for an entire year. Yet the sponsors of that card every 7 days can either increase or reduce, but they are most likely to increase the costs of the drugs that are a part of that card. And every 7 days, the sponsor of the card can change the medicine covered by that card.
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Marilyn Strickland
Democratic · Washington

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the challenges seniors face with prescription drug cards.

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