Glitches Interrupt Medicare Prescriptions (AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060115/ap_on_he_me/medicare_drugs"><img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/rids/20060112/i/r2677641300.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=HPSjcbsmzMbRJQBPORRv9g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Mark McClellan, Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, takes questions during the Reuters annual Regulation Summit in their Washington, D.C., office, January 12, 2006. REUTERS/Mannie Garcia" border="0" /></a>AP - Tens of thousands of elderly poor people may have had trouble getting their medicine during the first two weeks of the government's prescription drug benefit, and about 20 states have been forced to step in to help them, the top Medicare official acknowledges.</p><br clear=all>