Democrats in Congress have begun to hearings to highlight the many (and frequently reported) problems with Medicare Part D. With one eye on the President's low approval ratings and the other on the November election, Sen. Byron L. Dorgan (D-ND) held a hearing in which a Fargo pharmacist described how some pharmacists must take out bank loans to cover reimbursement delays. "This is simply unacceptable," Dorgan said. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) called for "a complete overhaul of this disastrous prescription drug plan." Apparently the new slogan is "Let Medicare be Medicare." Presumably that one focus-grouped well.
- see the article [1] in The Washington Post
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[1] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/27/AR2006022701217.html