September 22, 2006
Doughnut Hole Day — the day millions of senior citizens would fall into the financial “Doughnut Hole” designed into the Medicare Part D plan — brought thousands of meetings and demonstrations across the country to protest the design of the plan. As part of the campaign to raise awareness of the issue, Dean Baker spoke at a community meeting in Champaign, IL. He explained the inefficiencies that were designed into Medicare Part D and how the Doughnut Hole (designed in order to save the government money), is an unnecessary burden to millions of senior citizens. To learn more about the subject, see: “Waste in the Medicare Drug Benefit: Why the Doughnut Hole is Unnecessary.”
