Robert Hayes
Robert Hayes
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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.
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The evidence is becoming overwhelming that the program does not work.
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In my humble opinion, it's the single most convoluted benefit program in American history.
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There's literally hundreds of cases like just this in our office, right now.
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How many applied is kind of irrelevant compared to how many will get assistance. If they reported 3 million people enrolled in the extra help today, we would be opening the champagne bottles.
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Somewhere along the line, something turned nasty, and I don't know what it was.
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We see it as a searing indictment of this convoluted drug program. People are faced with a bewildering array of for-profit insurance plans. These plans are seen as so complex and unreliable that many people in great need of help are staying on the sidelines.
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Virtually all physicians - even with a small cut in payments - will still accept Medicare patients.
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We're asking pharmacists to not only dispense medication, but to be a social worker, computer geek and probably a magician.
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We fear there's an overwhelming likelihood some people will be left out in the cold.
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The poorest, sickest and oldest Americans face grave risk of losing their life-saving medications once the clock strikes 12 on New Year's.
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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.
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The overwhelming bewilderment begins with the scores of competing plans that are being offered,
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The (poll) numbers suggest an abysmal program. This benefit was designed to make it impossible for consumers to understand it.