This wasn't the first time that Young has done this to Alaskans. In 2003 he voted for HR-1, the Medicare Prescription Drug "Improvement" and Modernization Act: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2003/roll669.xml

Part D was designed to make sure that there wouldn't ever be any government negotiations over pharmaceutical prices. The insurance industry would get immense subsidies. Most of all it would be financed by raiding the Social Security Trust Fund, putting it in danger of going broke. The bill was sponsored by Speaker Denny the Pedophile Hastert. Ex-felon Majority Leader Tom "Campaign Finance Launderer" DeLay seriously threatened Republicans with retaliation, if they voted against it. Ultimately, only 25 true conservatives had the courage to vote no, since it provided no funding source to pay for those industry subsidies. Joining them were 189 Democrats and Bernie Sanders.  It passed by <i><b>5 votes!</i></b> Senators Frank the Bank and Uncle Ted, BFFs of Bill Allen, previously voted yes.