<span style="font-size: medium;">According to a recent actuarial report, Medicare Part D will have cost taxpayers $62 billion in 2010. It is projected that this figure will increase sharply in the future and it is expected that by 2019 it will balloon to approximately $150 billion. <br />
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For an eye opening analysis of the crippling fiscal impact of Medicare Part D on our future debt and its impact on the economy, by Nick Gillespie from <span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><em><strong>reason.com</strong></em></span>, click on the following story link titled: &ldquo;</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://reason.com/blog/2010/11/19/happy-birthday-medicare-part-d"><em><strong>Happy Birthday, Medicare Part D! Now Die! Die! Die!</strong></em></a>&rdquo;<br />
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