The new program allows 43 million Medicare beneficiaries to enroll in a private plan that will subsidize the cost of their prescription medications. With about 37 million people now either signed up or automatically enrolled, federal officials from Bush on down have engaged in an all-out push to spread the word to those remaining and help them navigate the Byzantine process of choosing a plan by Monday.
CNN reported that Bush's aggressive promotion of the Medicare benefit -- and his refusal to push back the deadline -- is likely about politics as much as policy. CNN reported that Bush's aggressive promotion of the Medicare benefit -- and his refusal to push back the deadline -- is likely about politics as much as policy. CNN reported that Bush's aggressive promotion of the Medicare benefit -- and his refusal to push back the deadline -- is likely about politics as much as policy.
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