The new Medicare prescription-drug program has reduced consumer drug prices and premiums by an estimated $13 billion and is projected to expand those savings to an impressive $180 billion during the next 10 years.
More than 90 percent of American seniors are enrolled and average $1,100 per year in savings. An overwhelming majority -- 80 percent -- like the program, according to several opinion surveys.
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This is interesting as it's the opposite of what I've heard about people's satisfaction with this program. But then I scrolled down & saw who the writer represents.
This opinion piece is paired with a democratic party counter-point "The best path to big savings for seniors" by Senator Amy Klobuchar that I have also submitted for review on NewTrust today.
Note that NewsTrust has cited the wrong name for the author of the piece. Correct namne is Berk, not Beck. Ms. Berk represents a "free market advocacy group" funded by the pharmaceutical industry. The article is full of fake statictics and false arguments. Nothing but propaganda. Not journalism. Fake "news"
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