Hey, did you hear us? I said, we need money to make Bush's drug plan work

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Bush official praises state pharmacists

Wednesday, February 1, 2006
http://www.columbian.com/news/localNews/02012006news133895.cfm

The nation's top health official Tuesday commended Washington pharmacists for their efforts to help Medicare beneficiaries obtain drugs under the new Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage plan.

In a statement, Leavitt said he recently visited pharmacies across the country to learn about how the Medicare prescription drug coverage is working. "I saw up close and personal how hard pharmacists are working to make sure every person in Medicare gets their prescriptions under the new coverage," he said. "Pharmacists have been making heroic efforts to ensure that people with Medicare get their medicines."

Leavitt said Medicare officials will work with insurance companies to reduce wait times for people trying to fill prescriptions and will give increased attention to the billing issues that pharmacists face.

His comments come one day after Gov. Chris Gregoire (D) announced that helping low-income people get prescription drugs under the new Medicare benefit could cost the state of Washington $14 million to $17 million annually in co-pays alone.

The governor said the program's startup has been traumatic for "dual eligibles." On Jan. 1, those people about 95,000 in Washington were transferred to private insurance plans, which require co-pays on prescriptions that she said many people cannot afford.

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1. Bush to Grandma and Grandpa: "DROP DEAD"

These oafs either have no earthly clue about what people of ordinary means face in retirement (especially during inflationary times) or they are the most heartless bastards on the planet.

They've got to be thrown out of office ASAP. We honestly can't survive another 3 years of them.

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2. both

they all have health insurance paid for by us, voted for by them.