Stan Rosenstein
Stan Rosenstein
appear beginning lower numbers slightly
The numbers are lower than we had anticipated, ... but they appear to be up slightly at the beginning of February.
congress passed percent president program signed state
We don't think it's fair. The state should be getting a 10 percent savings. That's what Congress said when it passed the program and the president said when he signed the bill.
cover except greater percentage population state
We cover a much greater percentage of our population than any other state except New York.
critical million next people reach
It is critical we reach these million people in the next 100 days.
asking concerned hold loss people
We're concerned about a loss of physicians. We're asking people to hold in there for a year.
governor last medicare problems provide providing stepping system taking until
The governor is stepping in to provide a system until the Medicare problems are fixed. We're not taking (the Medicare prescription drug plan) over. We're providing a payer of last resort.
hit local road rubber
Where the rubber is really going to hit the road is Jan. 2 in the local pharmacies.
anytime coverage health million move people vulnerable
Anytime you're going to move a million people from their drug coverage on one day, it's going to be rough. These are the people who are the most vulnerable with the most health conditions.
inaccurate incomplete medicare
In some cases, Medicare has incomplete or inaccurate data.
ability automated federal government implement issues resolve
The federal government has the ability to resolve these issues now. They can implement an automated system. We called upon the federal government to do that. However, they have not.
affects federal government high large people perfectly systems volume work
The federal government has done a lot, but this is so large and complicated and affects so many people that we are very concerned. All of the systems will have to work perfectly and in very high volume for everything to work out.
best months three
In the best case, it could be three months from now. But it could take longer.