Editor's note: Medicare Part D, designed to provide enhancedprescription-drug coverage for seniors, went into effect inJanuary 2006. Here we present two opposing viewpoints on howsuccessful the implementation of Medicare Part D has been todate and whether it is fulfilling its stated objective.
Most Americans agree that affordable drug coverage under Medicarehas been needed for some time. But instead of a solution toa growing problem, Congress gave the country a prescription-drugplan that achieves few of its original goals. The current problemswith Medicare Part D are largely the direct result of the undemocraticway . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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Ms. Slaughter (D-N.Y.) is a member of the House of Representatives and currently serves as the ranking member of the House Committee on Rules.
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