Can I have a show of hands: Who here knew medicare would be screwed

[LynneSin]

especially with the new prescription plan.

I mean, why can't they just put forth a simple plan with prices NEGOTIATED with the drug manufacterer where you could pick one of 3 plans:

Plan #1: Full coverage for meds. People who pick this plan would pay a higher cost per month out of their SS check
Plan #2: Meds covered but with a co-pay. This would cost the patient less per month to select
Plan #3: Opt Out

There, I just redesigned the new prescription health plan for seniors

[Nite Owl]

1. Is there anything that they

don't screw up? I would have been shocked if it actually worked.

[txindy]

2. That prediction of disaster was a no-brainer.

That's also what the Cabal's planning for Medicare required: No brains.

[MrBenchley]

3. It's the Republican party...

To use the great David Mamet line, those guys could fuck up a baked potato.....

[BlueEyedSon]

4. 1. Everything the Pubs do is bad for people 2. They always lie.

3. The bill was written by industry lobbyists. 4. They used strong-arm tactics to keep the vote open and get the votes they needed.

I'm sure there was more evidence that was contemporaneous with the passage of the bill that is was going to be a disaster.

Also, immediately after passage the story came to light of the accountant (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services chief actuary and cost estimator, Rick Foster) who calculated the bill would be much more expensive than the public numbers, but was threatened with dismissal.....

on edit added detail re: Rick Foster

[babylonsister]

5. Again, the cabal is more concerned with corporate

pharma profits than American lives. As much as we've seen over the past few years, their priorities no longer surprise me.

[BlueEyedSon]

7. "more concerned"???? It's their only concern. That and rewarding the

have-mores.

[bananas]

6. As cynical as I am, somehow I always underestimate them.

[Auntie Bush]

8. You should lobby congress!

[porphyrian]

9. Who in the hell didn't? - n/t

[William769]

10. Other

I knew there would be kinks in the system being so huge. But I do have to admit the errors have been corrected rather rapidly. Everyone I know has has the kinks worked out of their problems & it has been less than a month since it went in to effect.

[Selatius]

11. How come YOU weren't in charge of Medicare "reform"? n/t

[madokie]

12. As my brother told me years ago, what ever the repukes do is not for you

[lpbk2713]

13. It was all a shell game right from the start.

There never was any real optimism. It was one big slow con.