Bipartisan "F" for Medicare Part D: President Bush, true to form, is destoying another program he publicly vowed to "reform". Congressional Republicans are in full retreat on this one, despite a virtual blackout in the media. "Republicans and Democrats have finally found something to agree on. From coast to coast, north to south, they agree that Medicare’s Part D introduction gets a big fat F for flop. Part D, the prescription drug benefit, inherently hard to understand for both Medicare and Medicaid recipients (the latter now under the complex coverage), has equally confused and bollixed pharmacists, drug companies, and insurance providers—not to mention public health officials, congressman, senators and governors. Once again, hats off to George W. Bush & Company, who promised the greatest advance in Medicare since its inception in 1965." Read It