Claim: The Medicare drug program "resulted in the program coming in 40 percent under budget. ... And the reason it was, is because the design was right."
Fact-check: Did Medicare Part D come in 40 percent under budget because of its design?
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Angie Drobnic Holan
Date published: 2011-06-15T00:00:00