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Medicareless

From Talking Points Memo:

Josh-
I have been surprised by the amount of silence on Medicare Part D in the blogosphere. A fiasco of this magnitude deserves the same sort of deafening response that the FEMA response received. This has become a big, big story this month which has given many likely voters a significantly negative personal experience with Republican corruption.
Public health emergencies have now been declared in twelve states. There will be political consequences for the party responsible. There is already a wide popular conception among the affected portions of the public that the drug benefit was designed not in good faith, but to enrich insurance companies and the pharmaceutical industry.

Mark Kleiman:

is there anything except political character assassination this Administration handles competently? Just asking.

The Angry Bear:

Come to think of it, it might be fun to start compiling a list of Bush administration botches. Any suggestions for other Bush Botches?

Kevin Drum:
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I don't know if this was the worst bill ever written, but it's certainly in the top ten. I'd actually be willing to cut the funding for prescription drugs in half if only they'd let actual policy experts design the implementation of the damn thing. Of course, since Republicans don't have anybody who cares about policy in this area, that would mean handing it over to Democrats. Say....