Drug coverage is overdue. Medicine has changed since the program was designed some 30 years ago. Today, prescription drugs dominate medical care and are just as critical to treating patients as surgery. Seniors who don't have a separate private policy to cover prescriptions can be hit with catastrophic expenses for drugs. Everybody agrees on the need.
Nobody agrees on the solution.
Yes, it's too simple. But oh, there's an election going on. Vice President Al Gore is on the stump, making headlines about the need to provide drug coverage for seniors. George W. Bush has jumped into the pool of rhetoric with promises to unveil his plan for prescription drugs. Tit for tat.