Republican drug plan ripoff

Almost one-third of the 6.2 million Medicaid beneficiaries who were automatically switched to the new Medicare prescription drug program on Jan. 1 were put in plans that cover fewer drugs than commonly used under Medicaid, a new study shows. Only 18% of those beneficiaries were assigned to plans that cover all of the 178 commonly used drugs.

Concern grows over the fate of those low-income Medicaid patients. They lost their drug coverage through the state-administered Medicaid programs, which some advocates say was a better benefit.
And why not, this plan was written by the health industry.