Conservative Corruption's High Cost

Roger Hickey's picture

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Conservative corruption exacerbated the Part D disaster. Part D was written by two Republicans who were literally negotiating their next jobs with the pharmaceutical industry as they worked to create Part D.

They inserted a provision that actually forbid Medicare from negotiating for lower drug prices.

It makes no sense to create a law that mandates Americans overpay for anything. Yet that's precisely what conservatives did with prescription drugs under Part D.