Tag: federal medicare program

Right after the first of the year I reported on the new prescription drug program offered by Medicare. This program is essentially pushing low income seniors and people with disabilities into HMOs. The new program, which took effect January 1, has had a shaky start to say the least. With numerous states issuing public health […]

I first mentioned the problems of the new Medicare program in a post yesterday. I was using it as an example of how Democrats can use that to try and swing some of the critical senior votes. The problem was that the snags the new Medicare program has been encountering this past week have not […]