We recognize that pharmacists have done a heroic job in the first two weeks. We're working very hard to make sure that won't happen again. |
We want to make sure people know they don't have to decide today, tomorrow, even Monday. There's a little bit of a concern that some seniors feel like they have to make a decision today. Of course, enrollment doesn't even begin until Nov. 15. |
We wanted to respect all the partners out there and their religious beliefs. |
We're also working on further steps to insure that, when a beneficiary goes to a pharmacy in 2006, they'll be able to get their prescription drugs, even if the only proof they have is that they are in Medicaid and Medicare. |
You'll be able to plug in essentially what's important to you. If you say, 'I want to find a plan that's less than $20,' then it will give you that, and you can then sub-sort basically on what you want. . . . Folks shouldn't be anxious about making the perfect choice. Once you narrow it down to the things you think you need, there is not a wrong choice there. You're fine. |
[As Medicare officials try to help seniors understand and enroll in the new benefit, Karr charged, the report shows that Democrats are more interested in rehashing a political argument that raged before Congress approved federally subsidized coverage for seniors in 2003.] Now the effort should really be about educating people and not continuing the same old rhetoric that they have been saying for two years, ... This is not a new expression of the policy views of the minority staff of the Government Reform Committee. |