[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8415]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  THE MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG PLAN

  (Mrs. MYRICK asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. MYRICK. Mr. Speaker, Monday marked the cut-off date for all 
seniors to sign up for the new Medicare prescription drug plan. And I 
am happy to announce that more than 38 million seniors, representing 
more than 90 percent of all seniors on Medicare, now have coverage for 
prescription drugs.
  We created this program because seniors were having to choose between 
their prescriptions and paying their bills, and now they do not have to 
make those sacrifices to get the medicines that they need.
  I also want to take a moment to thank the countless organizations who 
helped them and made sure that they signed up for the right plan. They 
walked them through the process, and I applaud them for that. It was 
very helpful. And, again, now more than 38 million seniors have 
coverage for prescription drugs. They have it because we made a 
promise, and we kept it.

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