[MS MEDS] Feds warn of more Medicare problems: "Federal officials said Tuesday that they were moving to solve problems that have plagued seniors' access to drugs in the first month of the Medicare prescription-drug benefit but warned that they expect some of the problems to continue.

Health officials said they are asking insurance companies administering the benefit to give more help to pharmacists filling prescriptions for seniors using the benefit, amid reports that tens of thousands of beneficiaries in more than 20 states have been unable to get promised drugs.

Officials also said they would begin facilitating private insurance repayments to several states --"