28 Quotes by Gary Karr

We found that more than two-thirds of (beneficiaries) were assigned to plans that covered every single one of the drugs they were actually taking. Only 8.2% were assigned to plans that covered less than 70% of their drugs.

Many states are reporting they really don't have any problems. Most of the pharmacies seem to be reporting to us that things were easier this week than last week.

One of the concerns we have is that folks are overly anxious and think they've got to go find a plan today, or find a plan tomorrow or find a plan on Monday. Not only do they not need to decide now, they can't decide now.

If they're not paying for the claim they should have, we can make sure they do.

Based on the prices we've looked at, we believe the drug plans are getting better net prices than those paid under Medicaid.

He has known for a long time that he would not be renominated, ... What I told him about the state was that the eyes of the Democratic Party were on us, wondering why we let this happen, why it wasn't us blowing the whistle on Martha Bark.

Over the long haul, we believe the states will save money.

You'll be able to plug in essentially what's important to you. If you say, 'I want to find a plan that's less than $20,' then it will give you that, and you can then sub-sort basically on what you want. . . . Folks shouldn't be anxious about making the perfect choice. Once you narrow it down to the things you think you need, there is not a wrong choice there. You're fine.

We're also working on further steps to insure that, when a beneficiary goes to a pharmacy in 2006, they'll be able to get their prescription drugs, even if the only proof they have is that they are in Medicaid and Medicare.