{"id":7038,"date":"2009-07-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-25T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-seeks-medicare-change\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:11:41","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:11:41","slug":"merkley-seeks-medicare-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-seeks-medicare-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley busca cambio de Medicare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><br \/>WASHINGTON<\/strong> \u2014 El senador estadounidense Jeff Merkley, dem\u00f3crata por Oregon, dej\u00f3 su propia marca en el debate sobre la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica esta semana, reuniendo 21 firmas en una carta que solicita una reforma importante del beneficio de medicamentos recetados de Medicare, como parte de cualquier proyecto de ley de revisi\u00f3n de la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica. .<\/p>\n<p>Merkley, junto con un grupo de dem\u00f3cratas en su mayor\u00eda liberales, solicit\u00f3 al Comit\u00e9 de Finanzas del Senado que cambie la ley de 2003 que impide que Medicare negocie con los fabricantes de medicamentos el precio de los medicamentos recetados. La prohibici\u00f3n se implement\u00f3 cuando se cre\u00f3 el beneficio de medicamentos de Medicare, tambi\u00e9n llamado Medicare Parte D. Pero Merkley quiere ir m\u00e1s all\u00e1, creando un plan de medicamentos recetados administrado por el gobierno dentro de Medicare, para competir con los planes privados.<\/p>\n<p>En un momento en que los pol\u00edticos buscan formas de ampliar la cobertura de salud, tiene sentido deshacerse de una ley que cuesta miles de millones, escribi\u00f3 Merkley en su carta al presidente del Comit\u00e9 de Finanzas, Max Baucus, D-Mont.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEl hecho de que los estadounidenses paguen m\u00e1s del doble que otros pa\u00edses industrializados por peores resultados de salud indica que hay tremendas ineficiencias incrustadas en el sistema\u201d, escribi\u00f3 Merkley. \u201cSi queremos tener \u00e9xito en la reforma de salud, no podemos permitir que esas ineficiencias permanezcan\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"javascript:openWin('http:\/\/www.bendbulletin.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20090725\/NEWS01\/907250386');\"><strong>Leer m\u00e1s -&gt;<\/strong><\/a> (Solo suscripci\u00f3n)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON &mdash; U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., made his own mark on the health care debate this week, gathering 21 signatures on a letter asking for a major reform of the Medicare prescription drug benefit, as part of any health care overhaul bill. 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