Many to Miss out on Part D

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Lots of deserving and eligible people will be missing from the Medicare Part D rolls this year, individuals who could well benefit from the biggest expansion of the program since it was created by Congress in 1965.

A great deal of money is on the table, with spending projections of more than $700 billion during the next decade. But big chunks of that cash may be left unspent by people who could really use it. Why? The program is complex and confusing (the number of offered plan combinations exceeds 1,000); the government was ill prepared to handle the problems of worried beneficiaries; and many politicians and advocates have been sharply critical of the …