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Waste and Inefficiency in the Bush Medicare Prescription Drug Plan

Report Subtitle: 
Allowing Medicare to negotiate lower prices could save $30 billion a year
Author Organization(s): 
Institute for America's Future
Author(s): 
Roger Hickey & Jeff Cruz, in cooperation with Dean Baker, Ph.D.
Publication Date: 
04/01/2007
Summary: 

The Republicans' prescription drug program sell-out to insurance and drug companies made a law prohibitting Medicare from negotiating for lower drug prices. If Congress repeals this law and allows the government to use its bulk purchasing power, American taxpayers and seniors could save more then $30 billion annually.

The Republicans' prescription drug program sell-out to insurance and drug companies made a law prohibitting Medicare from negotiating for lower drug prices. If Congress repeals this law and allows the government to use its bulk purchasing power, American taxpayers and seniors could save more then $30 billion annually.

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