Whether you re on a fixed-income or not, drug costs can be overwhelming. In fact, too many senior citizens and disabled Americans are forced to choose between putting food on the table or buying the prescription drugs they need to stay alive. We want to strengthen and modernize Medicare and provide prescription drug coverage for all seniors and disabled Americans so nobody gets left behind. Recently, during the sessions of the National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare, we made a serious effort to study the problem facing the future of Medicare and found many solutions. Since that time representatives and senator s from both sides of the aisle have worked to find viable policy solutions which take what is good with the current Medicare, fix what is bad, and prepare for the future.
Prescription drugs are a key element in that effort.
Our prescription drug plan will be paid for with savings from eliminating the misuses of Medicare. In the past four years, the Republican Congress has taken extraordinary steps to combat waste and abuse in order to save money and make Medicare more efficient for seniors and the disabled. Fighting Medicare fraud has proven to be an investment in the health of America s seniors and the disabled. Reducing waste saves taxpayer dollars. When fraud is uncovered and prosecuted, Medicare works better for honest citizens, and more money becomes available for programs, like prescription drugs, that Americans really need.