The 1600 Crew, never a group to miss the opportunity to put Politics ahead of Policy went to the mat to give Preznit Utterly Corrupt a campaign talking-point on his "Medicare Reform", has demonstrated how much they are in the pockets of their biggest contributors with their "reform". They have managed to fuck over a whole generation of Americans, "fixing" a problem by destroying an institution. Gee, this makes reforming FEMA look like a relative success.

On the seventh day of the new Medicare drug benefit, Stephen Starnes began hearing voices again, ominous voices, and he started to beg for the medications he had been taking for 10 years. But his pharmacy could not get approval from his Medicare drug plan, so Mr. Starnes was admitted to a hospital here for treatment of paranoid schizophrenia.
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Most of the residents are on Medicare, because they have disabilities, and Medicaid, because they have low incomes. Before Jan. 1, the state's Medicaid program covered their drugs at no charge. Since then, the residents have been covered by a private insurance company under contract to Medicare.

For the first time, residents of Dayspring Village found this month that they were being charged co-payments for their drugs, typically $3 for each prescription. The residents take an average of eight or nine drugs, so the co-payments can take a large share of their cash allowance, which is $54 a month.
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Douglas D. Adkins, executive director of Dayspring Village, said: "Some of the pharmacists have been saying, 'No pills unless we get a co-payment.' Well, how are these people going to get the money for a co-payment? They don't have it."

But, it's OK, because they get to practice what the feel is their "god-given" right (and we all know that they believe in god, since the never, ever fail to mention it, right?), pissing on the heads of their fellow Americans not as fortunate as themselves. While they repeat to themselves, "It's OK If You Are A Republican" so they can sleep well at night.

I'm guessing that the next group to be "excluded" from the pre-staged, taxpayer-funded "Pleasantville Town Hall Meetings" of Beloved Leader will be anyone who looks like a Senior Citizen eligible for Medicare benefits. Or would I be wrong?