Bitter Pills Archive
Bitter Pills #1:
How Much For "A Work In Progress"? $534 Billion (Or More)
Bitter Pills #2: Presenting
A Lesson In Buyer's Remorse-D.C. Style
Bitter Pills #3: Medicare
Is Safe Until 2030. No, Wait. 2026. No, 2019…
Bitter Pills #4: What Was
The Idea Behind The Medicare Drug Plan Again?
Bitter Pills #5: All In Favor
Of Bankrupting Their Children, Please Step Forward
Bitter Pills #6: How To Drain
The Swamp of the 2003 Medicare Drug Law
Bitter Pills #7: The "Early
Warning" That Lawmakers Will Likely Ignore
Bitter Pills #8: Drug Discount
Cards: Why Must the Good Die Young (in 2006)?
Bitter Pills #9: Rigged to
Fail: Medicare's Doomed "Demonstration" Program
Bitter Pills #10: Why Can't
Other States Be Like Indiana?
Bitter Pills #11: If It Might
Succeed, Kill It
Bitter Pills #12: Can You See
The Big Picture in Medicare Spending?
Bitter Pills #13: How The
Government Fixes A Problem (With Your Money)
Bitter Pills #14: Will
Medicare Discourage Coverage Options?
Bitter Pills #15: Forget Vietnam - Here's What Bush and Kerry Should Talk About
Bitter Pills #16: A Law of Unintended Consequences
Bitter Pills #17: $534 Billion. $720 Billion. What Next?
Bitter Pills #18: The Great
Retirement Drug Benefit Dump Starts Here
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sickening "surprises" that have serious consequences for seniors
and taxpayers. Of course, The Heritage Foundation isn't surprised
at all. We diagnosed the problems long ago in our Medicare Maladies series.
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