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Originally Posted by NCB
You know, I used to think the same thing until this morning.
I was listening to NPR and they were talking about this monstrasity of a bill, the prescription drug plan that takes effect this year. The report said that by next year, the federal govt will pick up the bill of 41% of all drug purchases in the entire country. And by 2010, it will engulf 50%.
It looks like the US is not too far behind on the socialist race
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what does the gov't currently cover? Is 41% a big change/increase? Why the change is there a pressing need, grass roots kind of pressure on the politicians? what is the back story?