Higher Medicare Part D Deductibles Next Year

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Healthcare reform threats are jacking up costs. Advantage Plans being threatened. 21% decrease in Medicare reimbursements to doctors is scheduled for 2010. And the beat down goes on. Medicare Part D costs from inception to 2008 are actually less than what the Bush Administration forecasted when they propose Part D. Bush did something right!

Ken of WI 2:21PM October 27, 2009

You'd think if Republicans got what they wanted in a plan---as they did with Medicare D---that your net costs would be going DOWN, due to the miraculous free-market competition effect they always tout. Right? What happened?

Muser of NM 3:02PM October 13, 2009

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