Speaker Hastert Hails Enrollment of 27 Million in Medicare Prescription Drug Plan
Posted on: Friday, 24 March 2006, 12:00 CST
WASHINGTON, March 24 /U.S. Newswire/ -- House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that the new Medicare Prescription Drug Plan enrollment reached 27 million.
"This is great news for America's seniors. They recognize that this program will provide them with much-needed prescription drug coverage at a lower cost they can afford, and I'm pleased that so many will feel the benefit.
"While House Republicans are encouraging seniors to sign up for a program that would lower their drug cost, I'm disappointed that the Democrat Leadership would demagogue the program and have seniors pay higher prescription drug prices."
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Note: HHS announced today that 1.9 million additional beneficiaries have signed up for prescription drug coverage since mid-February. This represents a 25 percent increase over last month in the number of people who have selected a plan and brings the total number of those who have signed up individually over the past four months to approximately 7.2 million.
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