Quote of the Day

“[Shortly after the Medicare Part D program launched, some people didn’t show up as being registered.] We essentially said to pharmacists, ‘give them their drugs and we will work it out later.’ And [it] took more than a year to sort through. The alternative was to have people turned away, which would have been a failure and potentially a catastrophic failure. I don’t think there’s any question that on Jan. 1 there are going to be people showing up for care…human beings, who made every effort [to enroll].” — Michael Leavitt, Founder and Chairman of Leavitt Partners, who served as HHS Secretary under George W. Bush between 2005 and 2009.