[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 4119]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     MEDICARE PART D SUCCESS STORY

  (Mr. GINGREY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GINGREY. Mr. Speaker, every day we are hearing success stories 
from seniors who are saving money with Medicare part D. Two of these 
seniors are Mary and Jerry O'Brien of Cobb County, Georgia.
  I want to share with you a letter Jerry O'Brien wrote to my office. 
He said, ``I went to medicare.gov and I found a comparison of various 
programs. I chose one for my wife for $70 a month, which has no 
deductible. We had no prescription insurance before and find Medicare 
part D to be very effective. We saved enough, in fact, on the first 
prescriptions to pay for 2 months' worth of premiums. I realize the 
program got off to a shaky start, but as far as I am concerned, it is 
now working well.''
  Mr. Speaker, Mary O'Brien saved enough money for 1 month of 
prescriptions to pay for 2 months of premiums. For the O'Briens, 
Medicare part D is literally paying for itself.
  I hope seniors will hear the O'Brien story and go to www.medicare.gov 
and find out how much money they could save with a Medicare part D 
plan. The initial enrollment period ends May 15, so I want to encourage 
all seniors to sign up now and start their savings immediately.

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