hypocritexposer
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So what do the Dems. do, "well, this just shows that our plan could come under budget too." But at the time they said that entitlement programs always balloon :lol: :lol:
It' Bush's fault, that it is going so well. :lol:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/aug/16/bush-drug-plan-beats-cost-mark/
It' Bush's fault, that it is going so well. :lol:
Four years into full operation, President George W. Bush's Medicare prescription drug program is coming in well below its projected cost, giving hope to backers of the new health insurance law that it, too, could beat budget expectations.
The numbers are stark and conclusive: In 2009, the government spent $60.8 billion on the drug benefit, or far less than the annual $111.2 billion cost projected just five years ago, after the program was enacted.
The lower cost - a result of slowing demand for prescription drugs, higher use of generic drugs and fewer people signing up - has surprised even some of the law's most pessimistic critics.
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The legislation narrowly passed the House and Senate with opposition from Democrats, who said the program was too stingy and relied too heavily on private companies, and from a cadre of conservative Republicans who argued that it would cost too much and blow a giant hole in the deficit
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/aug/16/bush-drug-plan-beats-cost-mark/