[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6687]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            MEDICARE PART D

  (Mr. GINGREY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. GINGREY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to share yet another Medicare 
part D success story. My colleagues might have noticed that I am 
sharing a different success story each week, which is pretty easy to do 
because the stories just keep rolling in. This week I would like to 
tell you about Mae Thacker of Bartow County, Georgia.
  Mae and her husband came into my office unhappy. They had heard some 
disparaging things about Medicare part D and weren't sure if the 
program would even save them any money. Fortunately, the more the 
Thackers learned about part D, the more they wanted to enroll, another 
case of reality trumping rhetoric. I am happy to report that Mae 
Thacker is now signed up for a prescription drug plan, and her monthly 
medicine bill has dropped from $780 to $180.
  Mr. Speaker, the May 15 enrollment deadline is less than 2 weeks 
away. Enrolled seniors are saving an average of $1,100 a year with 
Medicare part D, $3,700 a year for low-income seniors.
  So my message to seniors is this: Sign up now and start saving.

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