Overheard at the local pharmacy: "It's all George Bush's fault"

[PA Democrat]

I had to get a prescription filled for a sick child today and what normally is a 15 minute wait extended to more than an hour apparently due to the mess created by the new Medicare prescription drug plan.

A number of older people were clearly upset when they were told the cost of their prescriptions and the people at the pharmacy seemed just as upset and were repeatedly apologizing. I guess that the state is stepping in to help, but there is some type of additional approval process that the pharmacist has to go through which takes several minutes, tying up the line.

A couple in front of me in line was getting a prescription for an elderly parent, and I heard the woman say, "My mom's prescription used to cost only $20 under PACE (Pennsylvania's drug plan for low income seniors) and now you're telling me she has to pay $74 under the Medicare plan?"

The pharmacy clerk apologized and the woman said loudly, "I'm sorry, I KNOW it's not your fault, it's George Bush's fault." She went on to say that the only people being helped were the pharmaceutical companies and Bush's rich friends while old people would die because they can't afford their drugs.

I added, "People need to remember this when they vote this November. Remember whose plan this was." Several people nodded their heads. No one dared to speak up in Bush's defense. And this is in a county that voted for Bush in 2004.

Anyone else seeing this same scene at their local pharmacy?