Report: Special Interest Provisions in President Bush's Drug Plan Costs South Dakota Taxpayers $$2.3 Billion

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PIERRE, S.D., March 23 /U.S. Newswire/ -- President Bush's prescription drug plan will cost South Dakota taxpayers and beneficiaries $2.3 billion over the next decade, according to a report by the Institute for America's Future. The report outlines the consequences of specific provisions inserted at the request of pharmaceutical and HMO interests in the prescription drug law known as Medicare Part D. A coalition of groups called Americans United released the report today and launched a campaign to fix the president's Medicare Part D disaster.

Americans United -- the group which defeated the president's campaign to privatize Social Security last year -- has turned its guns on Bush's flawed prescription drug plan. The group announced last week that it is launching a national campaign, "The Campaign to Fix the Bush Part D Disaster," in 22 states and the District of Columbia. The announcement came as President Bush campaigned to save his troubled drug program for seniors that is the subject of a fierce election-year debate. The president's tour came as thousands of Medicare recipients have had trouble with the plan.

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Report: Special Interest Provisions in President Bush's Drug Plan Costs South Dakota Taxpayers $$2.3 Billion

Institute for America's Future co-director Roger Hickey said the presiden...

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