Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Fixing Part "D"isaster with propaganda
Bush's new Medicare drug prescription plan is causing growing unease among seniors - according to Reuters, "tens of thousands of people were unable to get medicines promised by Medicare," since the new program began, and not only that, but, "several states declared public health emergencies, and many states announced that they would step in to pay for prescriptions that should have been covered."
So how is the Bush administration going to fix its dreadful Medicare plan? Why, it's nothing a good strong dose of propaganda can't fix!
It turns out that the administration is spending taxpayer cash to send its health advisers on a nationwide tour to prop up flagging support for the plan. After all the good work George W. Bush did promoting his plans to reform Social Security last year, I'm sure this latest tour will be a smashing success.
Oh, and by the way - those states, including Wisconsin, that paid for prescriptions that should have been covered by Medicare? The federal government isn't going to reimburse them. Apparently they've got plenty of money to spend on pumping up the new Medicare plan, but no money to actually fund it. Sounds about par for the course.
Good news update: The Bush administration has "agreed to help repay states that stepped in to buy prescription drugs for poor seniors whose coverage failed under the beleaguered Medicare prescription drug benefit."
So how is the Bush administration going to fix its dreadful Medicare plan? Why, it's nothing a good strong dose of propaganda can't fix!
It turns out that the administration is spending taxpayer cash to send its health advisers on a nationwide tour to prop up flagging support for the plan. After all the good work George W. Bush did promoting his plans to reform Social Security last year, I'm sure this latest tour will be a smashing success.
Oh, and by the way - those states, including Wisconsin, that paid for prescriptions that should have been covered by Medicare? The federal government isn't going to reimburse them. Apparently they've got plenty of money to spend on pumping up the new Medicare plan, but no money to actually fund it. Sounds about par for the course.
Good news update: The Bush administration has "agreed to help repay states that stepped in to buy prescription drugs for poor seniors whose coverage failed under the beleaguered Medicare prescription drug benefit."
