I think we should demand that Congress pass a simple law, requiring all Congressional members and staffers to switch from whatever health insurance coverage they have now, to Medicare. And, they should all have to enroll in the drug prescription program seniors have been forced into. After all, what's good enough for seniors should be good enough for them, right? Given a report now being circulated by familiesusa.org, it looks like the Republican medicare drug benefit has, as many would have guessed, provided the highest benefits to the drug companies, who have now RAISED their prices on the top 20 drugs seniors take.

While the VA is allowed to negotiate for best prices with the drug companies, the Medicare prescription legislation passed by Congress FORBIDS such negotiation. Is it any wonder that of the top 20 drugs taken by seniors, the costs have gone up this year and are astronomically higher than the prices the VA negotiated?

Here's a portion of the report from familiesusa.org: