**Alert** - Support the MEDS Plan!
Today, the Congressional Progressive Caucus introduced:
The Medicare Extension of Drugs to Seniors (MEDS) Plan
It is a genuine Medicare prescription drug proposal.
Features:
*� All Medicare beneficiaries are eligible when they enroll in Medicare
*� Initially, the premium is $24/month
*� All necessary FDA-approved medications are covered
*� The plan pays 80%, with no deductible
*� When phased in, catastrophic coverage begins at $5000
*� Maximum out-of-pocket expense is $1600/year
*� Low income individuals would have costs subsidized
*� Pharmaceutical firms would be subjected to "reasonable price"
agreements
*� The benefit would be publicly administered
A description of the plan is available at:
http://progressive.house.gov/issues/medsplanblueprint.pdf
This plan warrants massive grass roots support!� Begin organizing now!