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Wednesday, January 18, 2006
How Many Elderly Did the Republicans Kill Today? .................................................................................. Dear PNHP members and friends, Dr. Oliver Fein, Chair of the NY Metro Chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program, had the following letter published in the New York Times of Sunday, January 15, 2006. Best regards, Joanne Landy To the Editor: "States Intervene After Drug Plan Hits Early Snags" (front page, Jan. 8) reports that Medicare recipients are being denied promised prescription help. I would add that this has already increased hospitalizations. I was outraged last week when one of my patients required hospital admission after stopping her medications because she couldn't afford the new $45.57 co-payment demanded by her assigned private pharmaceutical benefit management company. Medicaid had previously covered her prescriptions. The administration has designed a drug benefit to protect the pharmaceutical industry and discredit Medicare, our one single-payer health insurance program. Today's mess could have been avoided if Congress had included the pharmacy benefit in Medicare and allowed Medicare to negotiate prices. Congress should make changes in the drug benefit, instead of letting it serve as an opening wedge to privatizing and thus undermining original Medicare. Then it should extend Medicare coverage to everyone. Oliver Fein, M.D. New York, Jan. 9, 2006 The writer is chairman of the Metro New York chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program. -- "A war is just if there is no alternative, and the resort to arms is legitimate if they represent your last hope." (Livy) -- Ed Kent 718-951-5324 (voice mail only) [blind copies] http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EndingPoverty http://BlogByEdKent.blogspot.com/ http://www.bloggernews.net Blogger News Network is advertiser-supported, and your visits to our advertisers help BNN to meet its expenses. Help keep us afloat! posted by Ed Kent at 6:02 AM |
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