Amy Klobuchar flip flops on Medicare part D.

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I find it very interesting that U.S. Senate canidate Amy Klobuchar has done nothing but down play and say negitive things about medicare part D. Now she is out there saying that senior need to sign up for it.


Klobuchar: Medicare Part D Causes “Unbelievable Headaches.” “Here are a few things I would like to see in the State of the Union address tomorrow: First, we need to fix Medicare Part D. Since the new Medicare prescription drug benefit went into effect at the beginning of this year, our seniors have faced unbelievable headaches trying to get the drugs that they depend on. Pharmacists are unable to verify that patients are covered by one of the plans. Low income enrollees are being asked incorrectly to pay $250 deductibles. The result is that people go without prescriptions, or pharmacists and other advocates spend hours trying to navigate the bureaucracy.” (Amy Klobuchar, “Klobuchar Addresses President Bush's State of the Union,” January 30, 2006)


Here is what she is doing now:

“After repeatedly trashing the new Medicare Part D program as a ‘nightmare’ and ‘raw deal,’ Amy Klobuchar now is encouraging Minnesota seniors to sign up for the very same program.

“I guess the Amy Klobuchar advising seniors to sign up for the Medicare Part D program forget to check with the Amy Klobuchar who mocked the same program as a ‘basic policy failure.’”