I hate to say “I told you so,” but “I told you so:”

Some prescription drug plans did not inform Medicare beneficiaries of impending changes in their costs and benefits, as they were required to do, Bush administration officials and Congressional aides said Tuesday.

This could be a serious omission in a program where beneficiaries need accurate information to choose among dozens of competing private plans.

Literally everything that could have gone wrong with this bill has gone wrong. Hooray for leaving people’s health up to the “free” market.