Mind The Gap
Here's an overlooked political story -- what happens when America's seniors start falling into the coverage gap built into the GOP's odd 2003 prescription drug bill. So far, despite all the (warranted) criticism the bill has taken, seniors seem reasonably satisfied with their goodies. There was much disgruntlement during the initial registration phase, but once everyone was signed up, they were happy. But they may not stay happy for very long.
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The Republicans designed a Medicare drug bill with a ticking time bomb set to go off right before the November elections. Genius Karl must have been on vacation that week.
July 30, 2006 8:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
Matt Stoller has a piece on the Demo consultants' conflict-of-interest in advising Dems on this issue.
July 31, 2006 5:34 AM | Reply | Permalink