60 minutes medicare drug benefit

link to 60 minutes drug benefit: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=2635796n ----- note: vid was shown at meeting

Flaws medicare program

Afternoon folks

This video from Family First was shown our group many years ago. It highlights three major flaws in the medicare drug program. Representative Carnahan and Representative Emmerson offered some fixes, but that leglislation died. To date, almost nothing done to solve these problems and hundreds of billions of dollars continue to be wasted each year.

Senator's Bond's reply was that "seniors were happy" with drug program and cited a very flawed study. Not any senior I know has this view, especially union folks. Ditto that reply from ex-senator Jim Talent for they fit the "talking points" of the time exactly.

For those whom missed this, Walter Cronkite is the narrator. More info at:

http://www.familiesusa.org/

Everyone might wish to refresh on this vid. And again, nothing has changed in last three years since vid was released. also make note of the video in previous post on the politics of this bill getting thru congress.

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Medicare Rx bill: politics of passage

Hello and good morning.

The following is an old one from 60 minutes dealing with the politics of the passage of the Medicare RX script bill. We did go over this long ago, but these folks do a fine job of presenting. Note: This is copywrited materials and will withdraw if objections made:

Look for some simular politics over the Obama health care plans and note, some preliminary politics going on now over any healthcare change. Watch the evening news broadcasts and pay attention to some of the ads.

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