The Excess Cost of the Medicare Drug Benefit

Author Organization(s):

Institute for Americas Future; Center for Economic and Policy Research

Author(s):

Dean Baker, PhD

Publication Date:

11/09/2007

Report Subtitle:

A State-by-State Report

Summary:

The Republicans' prescription drug program sell-out to insurance and drug companies will cost tax-payers and beneficiaries $80 billion annually more than a direct Medicare benefit with negotiated prices. Learn what the cost of this corruption is to taxpayers, seniors and disabled across the nation and in your area.

NATIONWIDE: Report [1] \| News Release [2]
LATINOS: Report [3] \| Addendum [4] \| En Español [5]
In Your Area
ALABAMA: Report [6] \| News Release [7]	ALASKA: Report [8] \| News Release [9]
ARIZONA: Report [10] \|	ARKANSAS: Report [11] \| News Release [12]
CALIFORNIA: Report [13] \| News Release [14]	COLORADO: Report [15]
CONNECTICUT: Report [16] \| News Release [17]	DELAWARE: Report [18]
FLORIDA: Report [19] \| News Release [20]	GEORGIA: Report [21] \| News Release [22]
HAWAII: Report [23] \| News Release [24]	IDAHO: Report [25] \| News Release [26]
ILLINOIS: Report [27] \| News Release [28]	INDIANA: Report [29] \| News Release [30]
IOWA: Report [31]	KANSAS: Report [32] \| News Release [33]
KENTUCKY: Report [34] \| News Release [35]	LOUISIANA: Report [36] \| News Release [37]
MAINE: Report [38] \| News Release [39]	MARYLAND: Report [40] \| News Release [41]
MASSACHUSETTS: Report [42] \| News Release [43]	MICHIGAN: Report [44] \| News Release [45]
MINNESOTA: Report [46] \| News Release [47]	MISSISSIPPI: Report [48] \| News Release [49]
MISSOURI: Report [50] \| News Release [51]	MONTANA: Report [52] \| News Release [39]
NEBRASKA: Report [53] \| News Release [54]	NEVADA: Report [55] \| News Release [56]
NEW HAMPSHIRE: Report [57]	NEW JERSEY: Report [58] \| News Release [59]
NEW MEXICO: Report [60] \| News Release [61]	NEW YORK: Report [62]
NORTH CAROLINA: Report [63] \| News Release [64]	NORTH DAKOTA: Report [65]
OHIO: Report [66]	OKLAHOMA: Report [67] \| News Release [68]
OREGON: Report [69]	PENNSYLVANIA: Report [70] \| News Release [71]
PUERTO RICO: Report [72]	RHODE ISLAND: Report [73] \| News Release [74]
SOUTH CAROLINA: Report [75] \| News Release [76]	SOUTH DAKOTA: Report [77] \| News Release [78]
TENNESSEE: Report [79] \| News Release [80]	TEXAS: Report [81] \| News Release [82]
UTAH: Report [83] \| News Release [84]	VERMONT: Report [85] \| News Release [86]
VIRGINIA: Report [87] \| News Release [88]	WASHINGTON: Report [89] \| News Release [90]
WASHINGTON DC: Report [91]	WEST VIRGINIA: Report [92] \| News Release [93]
WISCONSIN: Report [94] \| News Release [95]	WYOMING: Report [96] \| News Release [97]

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LATINOS: Report [3] \| Addendum [4] \| En Español [5]
In Your Area
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ARIZONA: Report [10] \|	ARKANSAS: Report [11] \| News Release [12]
CALIFORNIA: Report [13] \| News Release [14]	COLORADO: Report [15]
CONNECTICUT: Report [16] \| News Release [17]	DELAWARE: Report [18]
FLORIDA: Report [19] \| News Release [20]	GEORGIA: Report [21] \| News Release [22]
HAWAII: Report [23] \| News Release [24]	IDAHO: Report [25] \| News Release [26]
ILLINOIS: Report [27] \| News Release [28]	INDIANA: Report [29] \| News Release [30]
IOWA: Report [31]	KANSAS: Report [32] \| News Release [33]
KENTUCKY: Report [34] \| News Release [35]	LOUISIANA: Report [36] \| News Release [37]
MAINE: Report [38] \| News Release [39]	MARYLAND: Report [40] \| News Release [41]
MASSACHUSETTS: Report [42] \| News Release [43]	MICHIGAN: Report [44] \| News Release [45]
MINNESOTA: Report [46] \| News Release [47]	MISSISSIPPI: Report [48] \| News Release [49]
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NEBRASKA: Report [53] \| News Release [54]	NEVADA: Report [55] \| News Release [56]
NEW HAMPSHIRE: Report [57]	NEW JERSEY: Report [58] \| News Release [59]
NEW MEXICO: Report [60] \| News Release [61]	NEW YORK: Report [62]
NORTH CAROLINA: Report [63] \| News Release [64]	NORTH DAKOTA: Report [65]
OHIO: Report [66]	OKLAHOMA: Report [67] \| News Release [68]
OREGON: Report [69]	PENNSYLVANIA: Report [70] \| News Release [71]
PUERTO RICO: Report [72]	RHODE ISLAND: Report [73] \| News Release [74]
SOUTH CAROLINA: Report [75] \| News Release [76]	SOUTH DAKOTA: Report [77] \| News Release [78]
TENNESSEE: Report [79] \| News Release [80]	TEXAS: Report [81] \| News Release [82]
UTAH: Report [83] \| News Release [84]	VERMONT: Report [85] \| News Release [86]
VIRGINIA: Report [87] \| News Release [88]	WASHINGTON: Report [89] \| News Release [90]
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