This boat is big enough to carry and cover every Medicare beneficiary and to guarantee that current employer-provided benefits will continue without deterioration. The need for this benefit is at a critical stage today because of the growth of beneficiaries with chronic and other health problems who depend on drug treatments together with the uncontrolled price spiral of prescriptions.
Seniors know that Republican faith in drug industry competition is the lowest level of nonsense.
The Republican plan is a fraud that seniors cannot afford. Together with the President, and the Congress, America's seniors are prepared to create this benefit as the next step toward the creation of a truly universal health system for every American.