“We cannot continue to have the same program that we have, ... [Medicare] is now noted more for what it does not do than what it does do.”
John Breaux
“They don't want to leave traditional Medicare and go into new private sector programs.”
William Novelli
“Significant numbers of seniors are going to wind up being worse off than prior to the (Medicare) program.”
Ron Pollack
“continue to speak out against the president's Medicare policies.”
Jano Cabrera
“The current disarray surrounding the Medicare prescription drug program should serve as a warning to South Carolina policymakers. Like South Carolina's proposal, the Medicare prescription drug program is extremely complex and relies heavily on the private sector. Problems with implementation of the new Medicare drug program have left many low-income seniors without needed prescriptions.”
Judith Solomon
“If they are stepping up the search and seizure to push people into the Medicare drug program, that's really an outrage.”
Dan Mclaughlin
“There has never been a new item in Medicare as big as this prescription drug program and its components.”
Amy Bernstein
