Medicare Muddle
No wonder...you need an advanced degree in systems engineering to figure out which combination of plans and benefits are optimal. Then there's the risk of lost coverage for certain meds due to snafus and bureaucratic snags. Another "heckuva job" by the Bush assministration.
Millions Not Joining Medicare Drug Plan
Millions Not Joining Medicare Drug Plan
A $400 million campaign by the Bush administration to enroll low-income seniors in prescription drug coverage that would cost them just a few dollars per prescription has signed up 1.4 million people, a fraction of the 8 million eligible for the new coverage.Technorati Tags: Medicare, benefit, snafu, prescription, coverage
At this rate, by some calculations, the government is on track to spend about $250 for each person it enrolls, and even then it would have only 2 million poor senior citizens taking advantage of what is perhaps the most generous government benefit available today.
