Democrats Demand Inquiry Into Charge by Medicare Officer

NY Times ^ | 3/14/04 | Robert Pear

[Libertina]

I'll jump in. Look at the media all gaga over this "serious charge." Don't you know it isn't the evidence but he "seriousness of the charge?" Except, of course, when it is Democrats - Kerry accused of an affair with an intern 1/3 his age, the rats on the Intelligence Committee ignoring natinal security to plot against President Bush, Clinton and Gore taking campaign money from Communist Chinese, Gary Condidit found to be having kinky sex with his staffer who was found dead, Kennedy driving a paramour into the water then left for home and didn't report her drowing for a day....

Well, you get the picture. But you can't be so hard on the media, they can't be taking care of everything you know! /s LOL

[Teacher317]

Understood perfectly... Clinton was far worse... but that doesn't excuse this.

[jimtorr]

... but that doesn't excuse this.

Sheese, there's nothing to excuse here. A bureaucrat answers to a senior bureaucrat, and an administration tells Congress what they wish to tell them. The situation is normal.

This is a lot of hooha about normal day-to-day government activities

In other words, it's part of the democrap presidential campaign.

[adam_az]

Mr. Foster still has his job. But Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, Democrat of New York, said, "It is outrageous that the Bush administration would withhold vital information on an issue as important as the Medicare prescription drug benefit."

....as I sit here and recall the trouble people had getting Hillarycare cost info from the Clintons.... What a fool!

[WVNan]

Has anybody here actually looked at the prescription drug plan as it stands? We got our letter last week. My mathmatical husband did some fast figuring and came up with the fact that for us to opt into the plan would cost us right at $3000 per year. So, I'm not sure the cost of the plan will be as high as projected. We won't be opting into it. We have insurance, secondary insurance and a drug plan that costs us $35 per perscription for 3 month supply on maintainance drugs. The secondary insurance pays 1/4 of the remaining drug cost. Why would we want to pay $3000 for a gov. plan?

[marway]

More news outlets have picked this up today and the demonrats are drooling. I need some help in responding to this on another board I belong to. Any suggestions? So far there is no response to the posts from the dems by anyone on our board. Help!! I seem to be braindead on this one.

[b4its2late]

No. LA Times needs excerpts.

Though NY Times should too, because I get sick reading the whole article..... ;-)

[KantianBurke]

bump to those sentiments

[b4its2late]

No one will sign up when they find out how lousy the program is, so it'll probably cost even less than what was reported earlier due to lack of participation in the plan....

[JTG]

What a stupid argument the Democrats are making. If they had their way, the Medicare program would be 900 billion dollars. It just looks stupid for them to complain about excessive spending and trying to outflank Bush on the right.

[waRNmother.armyboots]

I would think anyone's estimates outside of CBO are mute as by law Congress has to accept the estimate from the CBO for bills. Unless information was withheld from the CBO this is a ridiculous dust up.

[nonliberal]

I think their SHOULD be an investigation. Bush and Congress lied to the people about what it was going to cost. They KNEW it was more than $400 billion.

[nonliberal]

On this issue, you won't find any.