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Medicine access difficulties shadow Medicare drug benefit rollout
Tens of thousands of elderly poor may have trouble getting medicines in the first weeks of the new Medicare prescription drug benefit. States have stepped in to help, while Medicare officials pledge fixes. Plans face enrollment data gaps and billing hurdles, with pharmacists directed to expedite access and waivers of preauthorization in some cases.
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Washington
Medicare
Mark McClellan
Centers For Medicare and
Medicaid Services
Associated Press
McClellan
Jeanne Finberg
National Senior Citizens Law Center
Oakland
Calif
American Psychiatric Association
Association
Steven S
Sharfstein
National Governor’s Association
Health and Human Services
Mike Leavitt
Senate
Bill Frist
Rtenn
Health and Human Services Department
Amy Call