U.S. Agency's Drug Web Site Not Available as Promised
An AP newswire article by Kevin Freking, via ABC News, reports that:
The government Web site designed to help senior citizens compare prescription drug coverage did not have that feature up and running Thursday, despite widespread publicity that it would be available.
A spokesman for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said organizations helping CMS needed to undergo training on how to use the Web site and officials believed that such training would be more appropriate for a day other than the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur.
In recent weeks, CMS Administrator Mark McClellan had pointed to a "mid-October" unveiling as the agency's goal.
Still, scores of advocacy groups and government agencies, including CMS, advertised Oct. 13 as the day that Medicare beneficiaries could begin comparing the scores of prescription drug plans operating in their state at http://www.medicare.gov.
posted by Fergie @ 10/13/2005 04:17:00 PM
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