Several hundred senior citizens showed up yesterday in the front yard of Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt, to protest the Bush administration's prescription drug plan. The protesters are upset about the May 15th deadline to sign up for a plan that many find incomprehensible. Leavitt has said he's opposed to extending the deadline.
"An estimated 5 million senior citizens don't have prescription drug coverage, authorities said. If seniors sign up after next week's deadline, they could face penalties. The Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 allows Leavitt to extend the deadline without legislative action, the group said."
"We'll be back if we don't get what we want," said one of the organizers.
Monday, May 08, 2006
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