should run, don't walk, to sign up. |
Somewhere along the line, something turned nasty, and I don't know what it was. |
That sounds better than it is in operation. Medicaid patients frequently have difficulty finding a doctor, so to expect a doctor to put the time and energy into becoming an amateur lawyer is asking a lot. |
The (poll) numbers suggest an abysmal program. This benefit was designed to make it impossible for consumers to understand it. |
The Bush Administration's inflation of enrollment numbers disguises the problems that plague this privately-administered benefit. Deception will do nothing to help older and disabled get the medications they so desperately need. |
The evidence is becoming overwhelming that the program does not work. |
The handwriting has been on the wall for 25 months. |
The likelihood of someone picking the least expensive plan is remote. Many people are taking a shot in the dark. |
The majority of people are shunning the program. |
The new Medicare drug benefit is 10 times more complicated than the Medicare drug discount card, ... and 10 times more important. |
The only way to make sense of it is to use sophisticated Web tools and make sure to follow up with the plan that seems to work for you. |
The overwhelming bewilderment begins with the scores of competing plans that are being offered, |
The poorest, sickest and oldest Americans face grave risk of losing their life-saving medications once the clock strikes 12 on New Year's. |
The response has been tremendous. People hear it once, and they get up off the couch to buy the album. |
The secretary is confronting reality finally, and that is a good thing. We all know consumers were confused, but we had no sense the leadership in the federal government was so confused. |