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Medicare reform: Who's it good for?

post #1 of 6
9/5/04 at 1:22pm
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A few good articles about this landmark piece of legislation.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/01/business/01drug.html

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Kerry.html

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/nati...Economics.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/04/po.../04health.html

The gist: Medicare costs are going up for seniors while prescription drug cards become murkier.
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"[Saddam's] a bad guy. He's a terrible guy and he should go. But I don't think it's worth 800 troops dead, 4500 wounded -- some of them terribly -- $200 billion of our treasury and counting, and...




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post #2 of 6
9/5/04 at 1:24pm
Medical cost are going up for everyone.
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post #3 of 6
9/5/04 at 1:38pm
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Medical cost are going up for everyone.

Oh! So that's OK then.
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post #4 of 6
9/5/04 at 4:57pm
What did you people expect?
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post #5 of 6
9/8/04 at 9:15am
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Scott's protesing aside, an investigation has shown that the Bush admin willfully withheld critical data concerning the costs of medicare reform.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/08/po...dicare.html?hp

Proven time and time again: these guys are LIARS.
"[Saddam's] a bad guy. He's a terrible guy and he should go. But I don't think it's worth 800 troops dead, 4500 wounded -- some of them terribly -- $200 billion of our treasury and counting, and...




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"[Saddam's] a bad guy. He's a terrible guy and he should go. But I don't think it's worth 800 troops dead, 4500 wounded -- some of them terribly -- $200 billion of our treasury and counting, and...




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post #6 of 6
9/8/04 at 12:24pm
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What did you people expect?

Spend $500B to buy drugs while prohibiting any negotiation on price? I expect to see some nice fattening of BigPharma's already obscene profit margins in the coming years. Unfortunately, the share prices already reflect an expectation of 20-30% earnings, or I'd try to get in on that racket.
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