Corrente Boldly shrill ... http://www.correntewire.com/node/1223/atom/feed 2006-01-27T13:06:20-05:00 Medicare clusterfuck: Thousands forced into nursing homes and hospitals http://www.correntewire.com/medicare_clusterfuck_thousands_forced_into_nursing_homes_and_hospitals 2006-01-27T11:34:22-05:00 2006-01-27T13:06:20-05:00 lambert If the Republicans were interested in anything except drowning government in the bathtub, going on golf trips, and lecturing other people on values, shit like this wouldn't happen. LA Times:

The new Medicare drug program is denying supplies that seriously ill patients need to administer intravenous antibiotics and other medications at home. As a result, some patients are being referred to nursing homes, and others have had to go into hospitals.

Although no national estimates are available, the number of patients affected — including some with life-threatening diseases such as cancer and multiple sclerosis — could run into the thousands. One Anaheim pharmacy says 200 of its patients are having trouble.

So, the Republican "plan" gives people the drugs, but not what they need to take the drugs if you're seriously ill. Well, you go to your deathbed with the administration you have, as Rummy would say.

So, is the Republican plan working? That depends on what you mean by work:

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