Reply #31: The point is simply that it's better than not doing anything.

[joshcryer]

And yet somehow you miss that.

The prescription drug plan saved $1.5 billion for seniors this year. Hundreds of extra dollars in their pockets that would not have been there if we did nothing or fantasized about a system that wasn't able to pass a congress that was beholden to corporations because we can't vote in sane politicians.