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TOP US ACCOUNTANT PREDICTS MEDICARE PLAN D DISASTER
The new Medicare Plan D prescriptiondrug program is so "financially irresponsible"that it could plunge the entire Medicareprogram into bankruptcy, warned USComptroller General David Walker.
During a televised interview on the CBS"60 Minutes" news program, Walker saidthat, when the first wave of baby boomersstart receiving Medicare benefits in 3years, the result will be a "tsunami ofspending that could swamp our ship ofstate if we don't get serious" about controllinghealth care and entitlement programcosts.
Walker, the nation's top accountant andhead of the Government AccountabilityOffice, characterized the new prescriptiondrug benefit as the final straw for analready fiscally shaky Medicare program.
Articles in this issue
about 19 years ago
Maniaabout 19 years ago
Smoking Cessationabout 19 years ago
New Drugs of 2006about 19 years ago
compounding HOTLINEabout 19 years ago
Prevention and Treatment of Hyperglycemia in Hospitalized Patientsabout 19 years ago
Reconsidering the Ban on Ephedra Productsabout 19 years ago
Worldwide Prescription Drug Abuseabout 19 years ago
RESPy AWARD: Dia Makes a Difference in Pharmacyabout 19 years ago
E-prescribing Can Make a Difference for Medicare Part Dabout 19 years ago
ncpa SPEAKS OUT: Medicaid Actions, Pharmacy Reactions





































































































































