Isn't A 'Benefit' Meant To Be Something Good?

If the Medicare prescription-drug benefit were a consumer brand, it would rank (so far) as the biggest dud since the Edsel. A new poll of senior citizens by the Kaiser Family Foundation finds 45 percent saying they’ve enrolled or intend to enroll in one of the program’s drug plans. Another 23 percent aren’t sure one way or another, while 29 percent said they don’t intend to enroll. Among seniors who have decided not to sign up, two-thirds said a major reason is that they already have an insurance plan or program that helps to pay for their prescription drugs.