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PUBLISHED 2-1-2007 Federal Medicare officials must cease their callous attitude about flaws in the Medicare prescription drug program that have resulted in Californians being denied the drug benefits they are entitled. And state officials should extend  an expired emergency program to cover the cost of such drugs when  seniors are denied their drugs. Under the Medicare prescription drug plan, seniors who enroll are reimbursed for their prescription drugs. They are required to pay a  small co-payment. They can enroll directly though Medicare or through approved private insurance plans offering various options. In the drug program’s first year, enrollment mistakes denied thousands of eligible people access to subsidized medications temporarily for a wide variety of reasons. The state stepped in with $62 million of emergency assistance to assist seniors until Medicare straightened out the problems. The emergency program has expired and state...
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