October 12, 2010 06:53 PM UTC

Buck Falls Down The "Donut Hole"

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• by: Colorado Pols

Thirty seconds from 9NEWS’ U.S. Senate debate yesterday evening:

As with pre-existing conditions, the so-called Medicare “donut hole” is one of the major problems addressed by recently-passed health care reform legislation–which Ken Buck wants to repeal. It’s estimated that as many as 25% of Medicare Part D patients stop following their prescribed course when they hit this gap in coverage, so closing the gap is a high priority.

Of course, it’s really hard to come off authoritative with that deer-in-the-headlights look, and “I don’t know” as an answer is pretty much lethal on an issue you’ve been harping on the whole campaign–like Buck has on “Obamacare.” After all, if Buck can’t answer such a basic question, who’s going to have confidence in anything he says about health care? Is this the same guy who said that the government ‘running’ health care is “fundamentally against what I believe?”

Because we know lots of people with opinions they really aren’t qualified to have, too. And as much as we may like them, we don’t consider them electable to the United States Senate.