Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

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>>>Although I am against another entitlement program, some prescription benefit is better than nothing for seniors who are struggling.<<<

Struggling is right, and mostly because of prescription drug prices. So why then does this new program include a stipulation straight from the drug lobby that prohibits the program administrator from negotiating bulk prices for prescription drugs from pharmaceutical companies? No price negotiating power for drugs for a program financed by taxpayer money can only mean you and I and our kids will pay higher taxes in order to prop up drug company profits. And you want us to cheer about this bill? By the way, the vote was kept open for an unheard of (and illegal) THREE HOURS while kneecaps were broken behind the scenes.