LP Politics: If You Have Trouble Figuring Out the Medicare Drug Benefit Get Your Family To Help, Bush Says
Thursday, 16 March 2006 15:24:00
President Bush gave some helpful advice to those having trouble figuring out the Medicare drug benefit plan.
President Bush held a town hall meeting at the Riderwood Village retirement community in Silver Springs, Maryland on Wednesday, in order to promote his Medicare prescription drug plan, the Washington Post reported.
One attendee asked the president what could be done to help her 75-year old mother understand the Medicare prescription drug plan. President Bush, with a straight-face, felt it was the woman’s problem to solve. “Look, I’m not going to tell you your business, but I think it’s your responsibility to help your mom.”
It never occurred to President Bush that it was his responsibility to ensure the Medicare drug plan wasn’t so complicated for seniors. A more appropriate discussion at Wednesday’s town hall meeting is why such a complex, incrediblely expensive boondoggle was created in the first place.