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Frank in Colorado Springs

I am on Medicare Part D [the plan for prescription drug coverage]. I am at risk of dying because I can’t afford my medication. This month, my monthly costs went from $1,500 to $1,800 per month. I am on Social Security Disability Insurance so my total income is $2,000 per month. My plan will pay $2,510 and then will not kick in again until I have paid $4,000 dollars out of pocket.

In 2006, I decided to open credit cards and I ran up $4,000-5,000 in credit card debt. I knew I couldn't pay it back but I figured if I die, I don't have to pay them back. I am in a wheelchair and too sick to live on my own. I don’t know what I am supposed to do. I had gone to see other elected officials but they told me I was on the wrong plan, or they would get back to me, or as one agency said, I was just screwed.

I went to an IdeaRaiser expecting to hear the same. I told my story that we need to close the gap in coverage. Since I told my story, Mark Udall has committed to finding a solution to close the gap in Medicare prescription drug coverage. Mark Udall is the first elected official that I contacted that said anything other than “Thanks, we’ll get back to you.”

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