Mac over at Pesky’Apostrophe regales us with a true life story of the consequences of the bizarre, inadequate, and corporate-designed Medicare tinkering, which has created a mass of confusion and problems since its inception:
My grandmother recently received a letter about the new Bush Medicare initiative, Medicare Part D. The letter informed her that she was eligible and that she had to enroll. This is not my grandmother reading something into it – my mother saw the letter and that’s what it said.
… By enrolling in Medicare Part D, my grandmother’s private insurance was cancelled. Part D is only the prescription drug part of Medicare, so my grandmother doesn’t have medical insurance at the moment. My grandmother…who is 76 years old…does not have medical insurance.
