Not as lengthy as some of the more important Mother Jones articles, but nevertheless it was very insightful.
Please click this link to an article titled: Congress's $1.2 Million a Day Drug Habit—and Pharma's Phony "Gift" to Health Care Reform at http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2009/06/pharmas-phony-gift-seniors
Many seniors on the Medicare Part D plan go on generics as they enter the "donut" phase of the plan -- and never go back onto the brand-name drugs after exiting the donut.
Under this proposed plan seniors may decide they are better off staying with the brand name drug through the whole year. Big Pharma will like that.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
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