Medicare drug benefit needs a booster shot

Medicare drug benefit needs a booster shot: "Medicare drug benefit needs a booster shot
Systemic problems, not just understandable early glitches, contribute to a chaotic launch of the new federal program
Sunday, February 05, 2006

M edicare's new prescription drug program was created to help people exactly like Laura Tetteh of Portland and Linda Milligan of Lebanon.

So far, though, it has brought them nothing but grief. They're among millions of Americans experiencing bitter frustration over a conceptually flawed and poorly launched program that needs major repairs, and soon."