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"Harry Hope" |
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09 May 2006 06:20:38 AM |
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Scandals surrounding the Medicare Part D prescription drug program. |
American's United communications director Brad Woodhouse also joined
Rep. Berry and Hickey on today's call.
Woodhouse called Part D a "sell-out to pharmaceutical manufacturers."
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=65381
Public Interest Groups Call for Corruption Investigation Into
Prescription Drug Law
5/8/2006
WASHINGTON --
With recent attention focused on lobbying reform in Congress, two
public interest groups today called for an investigation into how
former Rep. Billy Tauzin, R-La., now head of the drug manufacturing
companies' lobby in Washington, inserted language into the drug
benefit bill to help big drug companies while he was negotiating to
land a $2 million per year job as president of PhRMA.
Rep. Marion Berry, D-Ark., who served with Rep. Tauzin on the Medicare
Conference Committee, joined leaders from the two groups - the
Campaign for American's Future and Americans United - on a conference
call with reporters today to discuss a new report of scandals
surrounding the Medicare Part D prescription drug program.
The Campaign for America's Future released a report today that
chronicles how Rep. Tauzin, R-La., former chair of the Congressional
committee overseeing the passage of Part D, worked hard to prohibit
Medicare from negotiating with drug companies to achieve lower prices
for seniors.
"The Republican leaders on the committee paid more attention to the
pharmaceutical and insurance companies who contributed millions of
dollars to their campaigns than the needs of our seniors," said Rep.
Berry.
"There were even times when these leaders shut my Democratic
colleagues and I out of the room during critical moments in this
debate."
Campaign for America's Future co-director Roger Hickey joined Rep.
Berry to release the report on today's call, noting that the failure
to negotiate prices cost Part D an extra $80 billion annually.
"Part D took billions of tax dollars that could have provided a
comprehensive, guaranteed senior citizen drug benefit and put them
into the pockets of the pharmaceutical companies," said Hickey.
"The consequences of his misconduct dwarfs villains like Cunningham
and Abramoff."
American's United communications director Brad Woodhouse also joined
Rep. Berry and Hickey on today's call.
Woodhouse called Part D a "sell-out to pharmaceutical manufacturers."
"Part D prohibits Medicare from using its bulk-buying power to
negotiate lower drug prices and denies senior citizens the choice of a
prescription drug benefit direct from Medicare," said Woodhouse.
"Part D is better for industry than it is for pharmacists, senior
citizens or patients."
Today's report examines the drug companies' $87 million in federal
campaign contributions between 1998 and 2005, including $1.5 million
to George Bush.
Fully 69 percent of industry contributions went to Republicans.
Tauzin himself received $218,000 in drug money between 1989 and his
departure.
Former Medicare chief Thomas Scully also receives scrutiny in the
report. Scully received an "ethics waiver" from the Bush
administration permitting him to hunt for his next job while actively
negotiating Part D on behalf of the administration.
He immediately left the administration to become a health industry
lobbyist.
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No wonder seniors are suspicious of this right wing Medicare scam.
Harry
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| Title: Seniors: Democrats want to take away the prescription drugs Bush gave you! |
09 May 2006 06:53:36 AM |
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Stork replied to:
No wonder seniors are suspicious of this right wing Medicare scam.
Yeah, you liberals run on that in the fall, I dare you! I dare you to
advocate "reforming prescription drugs". Rove will flood the air with
ads detailing how Democrats are threatening people's drug benefits, and
make Republicans the defenders of Medicare!
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| User: "Joseph Welch" |
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| Title: Re: Seniors: Democrats want to take away the prescription drugs Bush gave you! |
09 May 2006 06:41:22 PM |
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<tbandrow@storkyak.com> wrote in message
news:1147175616.029549.243060@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
Stork replied to:
No wonder seniors are suspicious of this right wing Medicare scam.
Yeah, you liberals run on that in the fall, I dare you!
I hope they do. There are already rumblings that they will in fact point
out that Bush's "plan" is no "plan" at all for anyone but the drug companies
that the Republican legislation protected the profits of by specifically
prohibiting any negotiation by the plan with the companies for lower prices.
Republicans are pigs.
I dare you to advocate "reforming prescription drugs".
<laughter>
Be careful what you wish for.
Rove will flood the air with ads detailing how Democrats are threatening
people's drug benefits, and
make Republicans the defenders of Medicare!
In other words - a bunch more lies.
America is on to that *****.
--
JW
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"You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have
you left no sense of decency?"
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/welch-mccarthy.html
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| User: "Passerby Passerby @midnight.net" |
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| Title: Re: Seniors: Democrats want to take away the prescription drugs Bush gave you! |
09 May 2006 07:46:49 AM |
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<tbandrow@storkyak.com> wrote in message
news:1147175616.029549.243060@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
Stork replied to:
No wonder seniors are suspicious of this right wing Medicare scam.
Yeah, you liberals run on that in the fall, I dare you! I dare you to
advocate "reforming prescription drugs". Rove will flood the air with
ads detailing how Democrats are threatening people's drug benefits, and
make Republicans the defenders of Medicare!
Appears the GOPod party that preys on fears has slipped a few gears,
wouldn't you say?
Pay attention. They defend tax cuts for the wealthy. Period.
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| User: "hopeful" |
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| Title: Re: Seniors: Democrats want to take away the prescription drugs Bush gave you! |
09 May 2006 08:03:24 AM |
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<tbandrow@storkyak.com> wrote in message
news:1147175616.029549.243060@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
Stork replied to:
No wonder seniors are suspicious of this right wing Medicare scam.
Yeah, you liberals run on that in the fall, I dare you! I dare you to
advocate "reforming prescription drugs". Rove will flood the air with
ads detailing how Democrats are threatening people's drug benefits, and
make Republicans the defenders of Medicare!
Yes he will and he will have no regrets about it at all. Rove is a true
patriot and if it is necessary to bury America in order to elect more true
patriots like him he will do it in a minute. In fact he has. Just look at
shape of America after just 5 1/2 years of Bush. Debt that cripples
America, new programs that add to debt, expanded control of Federal
government and control of government by foreign power and its agents, look
at Ledeen, Feith, Wolfowitz and the rest of them. Democrats will do
nothing because as a group they have no backbone; they like their place at
the trough. To learn about another war-monger that told Bush to lie search
ledeen.
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| User: "ouroboros rex" |
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| Title: Re: Seniors: Democrats want to take away the prescription drugs Bush gave you! |
09 May 2006 09:25:04 AM |
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<tbandrow@storkyak.com> wrote in message
news:1147175616.029549.243060@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
Stork replied to:
No wonder seniors are suspicious of this right wing Medicare scam.
Yeah, you liberals run on that in the fall, I dare you! I dare you to
advocate "reforming prescription drugs". Rove will flood the air with
ads detailing how Democrats are threatening people's drug benefits, and
make Republicans the defenders of Medicare!
lol Now, if only your republican shysters hadn't put that damn stop in the
middle of benefits. A large number of elderly are going to have your
precious corporate welfare aid shut completely off - right around election
time!
Be sure to try exactly what you predict. lol
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| User: "Lamont Cranston" |
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| Title: Re: Seniors: Democrats want to take away the prescription drugs Bushgave you! |
09 May 2006 10:23:22 AM |
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wrote:
Stork replied to:
No wonder seniors are suspicious of this right wing Medicare scam.
Yeah, you liberals run on that in the fall, I dare you! I dare you to
advocate "reforming prescription drugs". Rove will flood the air with
ads detailing how Democrats are threatening people's drug benefits, and
make Republicans the defenders of Medicare!
People are a bit smarter than that. Seniors HATE the prescription drug
plan. Rove is going to be in jail with Scooter and Randy, so he won't
be a factor.
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: Seniors: Democrats want to take away the prescription drugs Bush gave you! |
09 May 2006 07:11:42 AM |
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wrote:
Stork replied to:
No wonder seniors are suspicious of this right wing Medicare scam.
Yeah, you liberals run on that in the fall, I dare you! I dare you to
advocate "reforming prescription drugs". Rove will flood the air with
ads detailing how Democrats are threatening people's drug benefits, and
make Republicans the defenders of Medicare!
Well, you've learned the lesson of "scare politics" well. Go
ahead,
explain how you're gonna "protect" medicare by ensuring that
seniors pay more for their perscriptions in plans they don't understand
and that the pharmacutical companies can change monthly but they
can only switch yearly. If Rove can spin his way outta that, more
power to him.
Mean while though, the democrats will be explaining that they
are going to lower the price of perscription drugs by canceling
Bush's tax breaks for the wealthy. Since Bush's credibility is at
all time lows, who do you think wins that war?
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: Seniors: Democrats want to take away the prescription drugs Bush gave you! |
09 May 2006 07:31:17 AM |
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have some senior friends, the plan as written is a scam, too confusing,
those who need it most are the least able to understand it, that may
deadline to join should be axed.
many drugs arent covered by various plans, leading seniors physicians
to change to qualifying drugs possibly causing more health troubles.
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| User: "Chuck Feney" |
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| Title: Re: Seniors: Democrats want to take away the prescription drugs Bush gave you! |
09 May 2006 07:06:46 AM |
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On 9 May 2006, wrote, in part:
Rove will flood the air with ads....
From his cell?
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| User: "Pete LaFlamme" |
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| Title: Re: Seniors: Democrats want to take away the prescription drugs Bush gave you! |
09 May 2006 08:21:56 AM |
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What a fool. Rove will be indicted and will be forced to resign from the
reptaliban party.
<tbandrow@storkyak.com> wrote in message
news:1147175616.029549.243060@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
Stork replied to:
No wonder seniors are suspicious of this right wing Medicare scam.
Yeah, you liberals run on that in the fall, I dare you! I dare you to
advocate "reforming prescription drugs". Rove will flood the air with
ads detailing how Democrats are threatening people's drug benefits, and
make Republicans the defenders of Medicare!
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| User: "robw" |
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| Title: Re: Seniors: Democrats want to take away the prescription drugs Bush gave you! |
09 May 2006 09:53:03 PM |
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You better hope.
You ain't got much now.
<tbandrow@storkyak.com> wrote in message
news:1147175616.029549.243060@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
Stork replied to:
No wonder seniors are suspicious of this right wing Medicare scam.
Yeah, you liberals run on that in the fall, I dare you! I dare you to
advocate "reforming prescription drugs". Rove will flood the air with
ads detailing how Democrats are threatening people's drug benefits, and
make Republicans the defenders of Medicare!
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