Bill passed by congress that prevents it from nogetiating lower prices for US tax payers on medicare.?

Look up former congressman Billy Tauzin. He wrote the medicare prescription bill and is now the head of PHARMA, making $2 million a year for his services to the pharmaceutical industry.

The Bill you are referring to is the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003. It was passed in December 2003 very quickly by both chambers of Congress. You might remember that in the House of Representatives there were not enough votes to pass this bill, however, leadership kept voting on the floor open for about 6 hours while arms were twisted--far longer than the 20 minutes that is normal to keep voting open. It ended up being passed about 5 a.m. or so on a Saturday morning!

I know that two Republican house members in Kansas voted "no"--Rep. Moran and Rep. Ryun. I think almost all other Republican members of the House voted for this bill. You could go to Thomas.gov and find the detail about who voted for this bill. You could also contact the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare based in Washington, D.C. for more information.

Hope this helps! Good luck!

Undoubtedly the drug companies benefit from it and undoubtedly there are plenty of republicans and democrats who feel secure that their campaign coffers will be receiving donations from the drug companies and their lobbyists.

There has been tremendous pressure on both sides of the aisle to get something passed and the AARP, like a lot of people, thinks something is better than nothing, but isn't it past time that we do something other than patch bills together with bubble gum and silly putty? We need to take back control of our country from ALL those jokers in the house and senate. Both parties are as corrupt as the term is long. Those Porkers need an @$$ whuppin' of the first order.

How about that secret back room conference in the "Transparency in Government" bill, if those corrupt @$$holes weren't running our country it would be hilarious. Talk about painful irony.

Yes, this was a strange and unfortunate deal that was made to satisfy the drug companies and get the bill through. AARP apparently gave its approval in order to get drug coverage included in Medicare. The whole Medicare drug bill was a patchwork deal. In addition to not allowing any negotiating for pricing there's the whole "donut hole" or "gap" thing that is kicking in. It was done in order to get people on board, pass it quickly so our pres and his gang could say they passed a Medicare drug bill -which is true. They did - flawed as it is I have to admit it has provided some drug coverage. Still, there are lots of folks going to fall into that donut hole. I think the drug companies came out on top.

That would be the medicare part-d bill passed last year (I think).

No negotiation with drug companies to provide drugs as part of the bill. What a joke... typical government circle-jerk.

If it passed more then likely it was Republicans