Wednesday, November 16, 2005
New Medicare Plan
Criticized as needlessly confusing, the new Medicare prescription-drug program, Medicare Part D, went into effect this week. What do you think?
Michelle Halley,
Crossing Guard
"I’ve gone through all the paperwork at least 10 times, but no matter how I fill it out, I always end up on page 35M5, Line 18, which just says 'Fuck You, Grandma.'"
Cameron Feng,
Systems Analyst
"Does this cover the dog’s pills? Because those are the ones I take."
Ben Chisholm,
Motorcycle Mechanic
"The new Medicare plan is far too difficult to make sense of, which is why I have chosen to die earlier than I had initially planned."
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