Weldon's Medicare Disaster: A Tough Pill to Swallow
In yesterday's Delco Times, John Roman writes how Sestak, Weldon at Odds on Medicare D.
Weldon claims in a commercial that Medicare D benefits close to 2 million seniors in Pennsylvania saving them an average of $1,100 per year.
First, 2 million is the number of seniors residing in Pennsylvania, NOT the number on Medicare D. Maybe the "D" stands for Dolt?
So... Curt is trying to claim that Medicare D is benefitting the hundreds of thousands of seniors with either no prescription coverage or those with coverage other than Medicare D. Or maybe it stands for Deception
Second, we should always be vigilant when someone like Curt uses the term "average". For example: If one person saves $100,000 dollars and 99 people save only $100, then the average savings are also about $1,100, which is more misleading than saying 99% of the people will save only $100. This is pretty much how the math worked out for Weldon's tax give-away to the top %1. Maybe the D was Weldon's math grade
Third, even if we take Weldon's claim of $1,100 in average saving... this is less than the savings would have been if Weldon had not sold out to the pharmaceutical companies to prevent the Medicare from negotiating drug prices. Maybe the D is for Disloyalty.
Fourth, Medicare D has a big hole in the coverage, the "donut hole". Under the standard plan, you pay $385 annual premium. Then, you pay the first $250 of expenses. Then, 25% of the next $2000 (which is $500).
So, if you have $2,250 of drug costs, you pay out $385 + $250 + $500 = $1,135 = 50.4%
Here's the hole: The next $2850 in drug costs you pay ENTIRELY YOURSELF.
So, for $5100 in drugs costs, you pay $3985 which is 78%.
That's more hole than donut. For seniors, the D stands for Debt.
Any costs beyond that are considered "catastrophic", and you have to pay only 5% until Dec 31st, Then,everything RESETS and you are back where you started.
So, a person with about $5,000 in annual drug costs gets less than a 25% discount on drugs that are already overpriced because Curt Weldon voted to stop the government from negotiating fair drug prices for seniors. The D is sounding more like a Double-cross.
There is only one response from the voters that Curt Weldon deserves for his treachery: Defeat.
Since, my initials are D.D., I am more than happy to help deliver it.
Weldon claims in a commercial that Medicare D benefits close to 2 million seniors in Pennsylvania saving them an average of $1,100 per year.
First, 2 million is the number of seniors residing in Pennsylvania, NOT the number on Medicare D. Maybe the "D" stands for Dolt?
So... Curt is trying to claim that Medicare D is benefitting the hundreds of thousands of seniors with either no prescription coverage or those with coverage other than Medicare D. Or maybe it stands for Deception
Second, we should always be vigilant when someone like Curt uses the term "average". For example: If one person saves $100,000 dollars and 99 people save only $100, then the average savings are also about $1,100, which is more misleading than saying 99% of the people will save only $100. This is pretty much how the math worked out for Weldon's tax give-away to the top %1. Maybe the D was Weldon's math grade
Third, even if we take Weldon's claim of $1,100 in average saving... this is less than the savings would have been if Weldon had not sold out to the pharmaceutical companies to prevent the Medicare from negotiating drug prices. Maybe the D is for Disloyalty.
Fourth, Medicare D has a big hole in the coverage, the "donut hole". Under the standard plan, you pay $385 annual premium. Then, you pay the first $250 of expenses. Then, 25% of the next $2000 (which is $500).
So, if you have $2,250 of drug costs, you pay out $385 + $250 + $500 = $1,135 = 50.4%
Here's the hole: The next $2850 in drug costs you pay ENTIRELY YOURSELF.
So, for $5100 in drugs costs, you pay $3985 which is 78%.
That's more hole than donut. For seniors, the D stands for Debt.
Any costs beyond that are considered "catastrophic", and you have to pay only 5% until Dec 31st, Then,everything RESETS and you are back where you started.
So, a person with about $5,000 in annual drug costs gets less than a 25% discount on drugs that are already overpriced because Curt Weldon voted to stop the government from negotiating fair drug prices for seniors. The D is sounding more like a Double-cross.
There is only one response from the voters that Curt Weldon deserves for his treachery: Defeat.
Since, my initials are D.D., I am more than happy to help deliver it.
posted by David Diano at 1:43 PM
1 Comments:
You know the worst part of the donut hole?
While you're paying 100% of your costs, you're still paying your premium.
So it's the end of August now. With each passing week, more seniors will be falling into the hole. This stupid Republican plan is looking more and more like a ticking time bomb.
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