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You Voted: Medicare Drug Plan a Bust |
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Based on our quick poll yesterday, Bush’s Medicare drug plan gets a failing grade.
We asked, “What has your experience and those of people you know been with the new Medicare drug plan?”
A whopping 87.4 percent described their experiences as “bad.” Only 4.7 percent, less than one person in 20, said their experiences had been “good.” The remainder, 7.9 percent, selected “don’t know.”
Many seniors are going broke with the new Medicare drug plan because of the “doughnut hole,” which forces seniors and people on disability to pay nearly $3,000 in out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs. An estimated 6.9 million Medicare enrollees could hit the doughnut hole.
Retirees such as Paul Sauerland and his wife will pay $4,500 for drugs he paid $3,000 for last year—before the Bush “reform.” In fact, he’ll spend $3,000 in the last six months of this year alone for prescription drugs.
Read more about Paul Sauerland here.
What do you and people you know think about the prescription drug plan?
Tell us at blognews@aflcio.org.
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