Medicare Drug Plan Enrolls 38.7 Million
“I’d just like to stress what good news this is for our seniors and the Medicare program,” Leavitt said in announcing the enrollment numbers. “Competition works. The costs are lower and enrollment in Medicare drug coverage is stronger than expected.”
“The moral dilemma is that the people in greatest need are the people still unenrolled,” Hayes said. “Unless we can dramatically increase the number of the poorest Americans in this program, we need to re-examine the best way to meet the primary objective of the law.”
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