The New Republic currently has a great article on the problems that went along with the beginning of the Medicare Part D pharmacy program. Jonathan Cohn compares setting up Medicare itself under Johnson. Shortly put, the New Frontier anticipated, and planned for, a raft of problems which turned out to not happen; the Bush League expected no problems, and got tons.
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The story is at:
The New Republic
Cohn lays out some of the causes of the problems. For example, the program sets up a variety of different programs at private insurance companies. Some of them might cover drugs you will use; others don't. (What Cohn doesn't mention is that this is absolutely ridiculous. Insurance is something which covers the risks. An "insurance" program which calls for you to guess what drugs you're going to need for the rest of your life is an absurdity.)