Glitches Interrupt Medicare Prescriptions

Glitches Interrupt Medicare Prescriptions: "Glitches Interrupt Medicare Prescriptions

By KEVIN FREKING
The Associated Press
Saturday, January 14, 2006; 1:16 PM

WASHINGTON -- Tens of thousands of elderly poor people may have had trouble getting their medicine during the first two weeks of the government's prescription drug benefit, and about 20 states have been forced to step in to help them, the top Medicare official acknowledges.

The problems will be fixed, pledged Mark McClellan, administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, in an interview with The Associated Press."