Washington, DC-(Thursday, July 26, 2012) –  Yesterday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) announced that in the first half of 2012, one million Medicare beneficiaries have saved $657 million due to the Affordable Care Act. 

“In a short time, seniors have already felt a direct benefit from the Affordable Care Act due to the closing of the Part D ‘donut hole’ coverage.  More than 5.2 million seniors have saved $3.9 billion on prescription drugs since the Affordable Care Act was enacted. In Texas alone, patients have saved close to $235 million on prescription drugs,” stated Congresswoman Johnson.

“GOP efforts to repeal this law are short sighted and wrongheaded. This law is saving seniors money, and providing them with access to preventative care.  Now that the American people are learning more about the law and starting to see savings, they are rejecting these partisan tactics.”

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U.S. Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson is the highest-ranking Texan on the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure and a senior member of the Science Committee. She represents the 30th Congressional District of Texas, which, includes Downtown Dallas, Fair Park, Oak Lawn, Turtle Creek,Old East Dallas, Pleasant Grove, & South Oak Cliff; all of Balch Springs, DeSoto, Hutchins, Lancaster & Wilmer and parts of Cedar Hill, Duncanville, Ferris, Glenn Heights and Ovilla.