When you put together a prescription drug bill that puts the pharmaceutical and insurance industry first, and the recipients way down at the bottom, of course you're going to get one big mess. And we have it.

This is what happens when you privatize Medicare. The Medicare prescription drug benefit is a massive giveaway to pharmaceutical companies, creating disastrous health effects for the nation's poor and elderly citizens.

The administration has again and again and again been very beholden to the pharmaceutical industry, the insurance industry, and been very reluctant to move legislation that can really make a difference to people.

You can practically hear the celebrations at the HMOs and drug companies because of this prescription drug bill,

The problem is not the expense of the drug but rather the shortage of supply, which would immediately be rectified if other companies were able to produce it,

It's a perfect fit for the pharmaceutical industry. The fact they he shaped this bill adds to his cachet.