Would the Democrats have created Medicare part D?

[Likely Voter]

The main critique of the program is how the law forbids the government to negotiate prices. This means the Part D program pays much more than other federal agencies (like Veterans Affairs) for the same drugs. The bill was literally written by the drug lobby, and of course it is just a coincidence that the lawmakers who pushed it through soon left congress for multi-million $ lobbying jobs with pharmaceutical companies.

A dem version of the bill would have cost less and been paid for with taxes (likely on the rich).