December 13, 2004

HELP! Someone help the Medicare helpline!

Congressional investigators have found that the Medicare toll-free help line, designed to help seniors understand the new prescription drug benefit, gives accurate answers only 60% of the time. 29% percent of callers got inaccurate answers and 10% got no answer at all -- which is probably better than an inaccurate answer.

Posted by schwitz at December 13, 2004 09:33 PM
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