Newest on the Doughnut Hole

We just read an interesting article on Congresswoman Nancy Johnson in the Herald regarding a group of 50 protesters chanting "Hey, hey, ho, ho - the donut hole has got to go" Friday outside U.S. Rep. Nancy Johnson's office on Grove Place. The main focus was on Johnson and Medicare Part D. Johnson is the self-styled architect of Medicare Part D, which includes a "donut hole," a gap in drug coverage after seniors and their insurance companies have spent $2,250 on medications.

Part of that article referenced opensecrets.org, a Web site that tracks political campaign contributions. Johnson has received $5,813,018 in campaign contributions from the health-care industry. She chairs the Public Health Committee that oversees health care legislation.

Sherwood told The Herald that Pomerleau had contacted his organization. "We didn't contact her," he said. "But, we were sympathetic to her situation. The 'donut hole' is like having to pull over your new car on the side of the road when it reaches 3,000 miles and walk the next 5,000 miles even though you're still making car payments."

Sherwood said Johnson dismisses people's concerns about the "donut hole" by citing a survey that claims nearly 80 percent of recipients are happy with the Medicare program. "That survey was done before the donut hole went into effect," he said. "It's incredibly misleading to continually use it as a smoke screen." (read more at the Herald…)

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