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To the Editor: In one of several Perspective articles in the December 29 issue on the Medicare drug benefit, Bach and McClellan paint a decidedly rosy picture of the new prescription-drug benefit.¹ Their apparent aim was to reassure nervous physicians that this monstrously complex program would not overwhelm either them or their elderly patients. Their statement that "some beneficiaries will have challenging questions and will probably turn to their physicians" is certainly an understatement. A more likely scenario is that large numbers of patients, confused by a daunting array of choices, will deluge physicians' offices with inquiries.

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