Kansas Rep. Sharice Davids Pleads To Save Medicaid Scripts

And this might be why she keeps winning elections over her opposition, she's one of the very few people talking about healthcare during midterm season . . . Here's the word: 

Recently, Representative Sharice Davids joined 50 House colleagues in calling on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to immediately reverse its planned termination of the Medicare Part D Premium Stabilization Demonstration at the end of this year. 

“Seniors and disabled beneficiaries have seen prices fall over the past three years as a result of [this Medicare program],” wrote the lawmakers. “Lower costs and a rise in covered individuals indicate that the demonstration is working. Despite this fact, CMS has chosen to terminate the program amidst a cost-of-living crisis. Ending this demonstration without a plan to maintain lower costs does not solve these problems, but instead shifts the cost onto beneficiaries least able to afford them.”

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