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The New York Times editorial board
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The New York Times
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September 26, 2009
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/opinion/27sun1.html
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"What the Republicans aren’t saying — and what the Democrats clearly aren’t saying enough — is that in important ways, coverage for a vast majority of Medicare recipients, those in traditional Medicare, should actually improve under health care reform. The House legislation, the only bills in near-final form, would reduce and ultimately eliminate a gap — the so-called doughnut hole — in Medicare drug coverage that currently forces more than three million beneficiaries to pay for drugs entirely out of their own pockets once they hit specified spending levels. That would also benefit many other beneficiaries who pay high premiums for coverage in the gap that they never end up using."
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This item argues for the position Act should be passed on the topic Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
