It is impossible for Part D to work for beneficiaries without full disclosure by plans of all relevant information.

She wanted to do public interest work. She wanted to use her paralegal degree to help others. She's been terrific. She does work caringly and with a great deal of excellence.

You start with yourself and you work backwards. Interview family members and get as much basic information as you possibly can.

If we're really concerned about negotiating the best prices possible, the best way is to buy in bulk for all 43 million beneficiaries. Wal-Mart figured that out. Wal-Marts in Baltimore and in Hartford (Conn.) don't negotiate on their own.

The whole program requires people to pay a lot of attention, so much attention that many are not going to do it at all.

She was a paralegal and advocate supreme. She truly cared about getting people the heath care they needed.