[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16266]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS

  (Mr. WHITFIELD asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WHITFIELD. Mr. Speaker, one uplifting message for the American 
people is the legislation that this House passed relating to the 
prescription drug benefit under Medicare.
  This weekend I hosted three meetings in my district. Vicki Mayes came 
to one of those meetings. This was what she said. When she used her 
Medicare-approved drug discount card for the first time a week and a 
half ago, she was shocked. Drugs that normally cost her $50 cost her 
only $2.90. On Thursday when she went to the pharmacy for two more 
refills, drugs that would normally cost her $54 cost her $16.90.
  All of us can be proud of this new prescription drug benefit passed 
by this Congress. As President Bush said, it was the most important 
expansion of Medicare that we have had since the inception of the 
Medicare program.

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