As the June 1, 2004 start date arrives, the number of older Americans enrolling for the new Medicare drug discount program has been extremely disappointing to program administrators. A recent article at CNN.com noted that AARP, one of the nation's largest organizations for older adults, has indicated that its number of program participants is small. The organization of over 35 million 50-and-older members distributed 26,000 enrollment kits but has signed only 400 participants. The Bush administration projected that over 7 million Medicare recipients would seek benefit cards for use in the program. For additional information, read the entire article on CNN.com.

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