What is the Democratic Party's answer to Medicare Part D?
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Research it. The Part D was a $600 billion give away to drug makers. They wrote the legislation. When Hillary tried to get this in Congress the Drug companies demonized her with about $4 billion. Nice return on investment. What we need is price controls and the Drug Companies do not want that. I pay $1 each for my pills, research finds that .08 is raw material and .12 is transportation. That is 80 cents in profit.\nGreed takes over in Congress every time. Look up what the Drug makers give Republicans.
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They're still trying to bring it up for a vote. The bill will be on the ballot in November. I'd suggest voting Democrat tomorrow.
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Good Democratic Party Ideas:\n\n1.) Legalizing gay marriage.\n2.) Keeping abortion legal.\n3.) Universal health care.\n4.) Universal college education.\n5.) Funding for stem-cell research.\n6.) Separation of church and state.\n7.) Protecting civil liberties.\n\nThe Democratic ideal has been progressive since at least the days of Frankin Delano Roosevelt.  All Republicans support universal misery - rich Republicans want to oppress everyone else, and poor Republicans want everyone to conform to religious orthodoxy.  \n\nHow can you believe that American-liberalism is somehow communistic?  Our society can't function unless everyone has the opportunity to improve their lives and/or live a decent life.  Read a book or a serious political journal, and stop listening to Rush Limbaugh.
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Consult these guys http://www.democrats.org/
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Each party is defined by their platform or set of views.  Now not all Reps and Dems go along with the entire party platform, but they tend to agree with the majority.  Here are some of the parties views:\n\nReps: Anti-abortion, anti-gay marriage, lower taxes, smaller government, pro-big business, hawkish of defense.\n\nDems: Allow abortion, allow gay marriage, higher taxes on the upper-middle and upper class, more government programs, pro-environment, dovish on defense.\n\nThese are just a few of the stereotypical views...each Rep and Dem have their own views that may or may no fall in line with the party platform.  Basically, Reps are the "traditional family values, strong military, capitalistic" party and Dems are the "social equality, environmentally friendly" party.
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Democrats have no real ideas to offer, their best ploy was to vote to go to Iraq when the public opinion was in favor of it and then to turn on Bush when the public favor turned against the war.  I have for many years wondered what democrats stand for, but as they rarely tell the public anything more then we are anti-republican it is difficult to find out exactly what they stand for.  If the republicans are for stem cell research then the democrats will come out against it and so on.  Partisan politics at its worst.  They all need to figure out why they want to continue dragging this country thru the mud at each election cycle, I would personally vote for a qualified democrat if one ever decided to take a legitimate stance on an issue that the caucus didn't tell them to take (Lieberman).
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birdsnakecatharine is right tell them you will give them the world so they vote democrat, That's part of the reason they want to give them drivers license then they can register to vote at the D.M.V. another law the democrats passed.
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hopefully they'll address health care and try to get us out of debt. neither side seems to have any real good candidates yet though.\n\nand they'd make it a law to have "Naked Tuesdays".
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The democrats of John Kennedy's era are losing their party.  The current democratic party is a poor copy of the original.  Just listen to them.  Please vote Republican.  We cannot afford a democrat.
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You will have to check the insurance companies formulary. On Medicare Part D, the recipient chooses a company to carry their part D drug benefits from a list of approved carriers like United Healthcare, Humana and several others. Each company has there own formulary. Some may cover these meds, but the majority probably doesn't. Even if it were covered it would probably be a Tier III drug, which has the highest co-pay amount.
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The DEMS do just blame the GOP and the GOP blame the Dems. Its a blame game, the problem is your question. What is the definition of better schools and healthcare? If your definition is universal free healthcare, then you will be unhappy with Republicans but if your definition is increased benefits without higher taxes you will disagree with Democrats. The point is people keep blaming because you can NEVER make everyone happy....
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Standard Medicare Part D Plans are governed by the regulations of Medicare - one of them being to exclude coverage of benzodiazepines (like lorazepam) and barbituates (Fioricet contains Butalbital - which is a barbituate).  They are on the Beers list, which Medicare has adopted. It's a list of medications which are considered inappropriate for the elderly.  (Remember - MOST Medicare beneficiaries are 65 or older).\n\nHowever, some ENHANCED Part D plans do cover them, but usually charge higher premiums.\n\nIf you or the person you are asking for is also on a state medicaid program, they may be able to use their Medicaid card for coverage of these medications, and other Part D excluded medicines (Like Vitamins, OTC drugs, Dietary Supplements, etc...)
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You should be sure to thank your Republican Congressmen and President Bush.  Pharmaceutical Companies wrote the new prescription drug bill for Medicare and the Republican Congress passed it on straight party line votes and the President signed it.\n\nIncluded in the legislation is a restriction that precludes Medicare from using its large volume purchasing clout to negotiate drug prices.  It's a gravy program for Corporations delivered by the Republicans.  They love market forces as long as consumers have no bargaining power.
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The Dems. They are willing to pay down the debt and keep the economy strong ala Bill Clinton. They care about your privacy. They care about your constitutional rights. The Republicans are all about spying,lying, transferring wealth from poor to rich. Stealing elections. They want to un-separate church and state. Force God down your throat. War seems to be their favorite passtime. So what if people get killed -the ends justify the means. They could care less about the environement if they had their way this world would be a polluted mess. Republicans want cheap labor and don't care if you lose your job to get it . As long as the profits go up.\nDemocrats care about a livable wage. Example: Sante Fe NM. raised the min. wage and guess what ...Business increased. Democrats will do a better job but we need a Progressive party to change this country. Some Dems are way to liberal and most Republicans are not Republicans in the traditional sense. They are Neo cons. and have little in common with their past values.
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If you are talking about medicare part D they will send you a formulary.
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"The Democratic Party is one of the two political parties forming a useless oligarchy in the United States."\n\nSorry, I'm very cynical. Perhaps you could choose one particular issue, such as their stance on abortion or the death penalty, and provide some background as to why they decided to be pro or con. Either that, or give a synopsis of their views on a few different issues and then provide an overall opinion of their mindset - that could be your opening line. Maybe you could try explaining why the Democrats seem to appeal more to the young.
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I am a registered democrat not a socialist. I am in favor of a balanced budget and less interference into our personal lives. I also favor states rights. In Oregon we passed (voter referendum) legalized assisted suicide and medical marijuana. Both are under attack by a republican led government. These used to be republican and conservative causes. They are not any  more. This is why I vote democratic. I used to vote republican. If I thought the libertarian party had a chance I would be a libertarian. The democratic party is the lesser of the two evils. I don't care about saving stem cells, abortion or the evils of gay marriage. I do care about health care, education, and a strong economy that provides jobs with living wages. If the republican party can offer this and stay out of our bedrooms, I'll vote republican.