to roll out october 2005 but was delayed twice. usa today wrote this at the time most seniors didn t understand it and they were shying away from it. when the program finally went online in mid-november, computer problems hampered online tools and technical issues prevented some people from getting the prescription drugs they d signed up for. newly elected speaker of the house excuse me, house republican leader john boehner called the implementation horrendous, far more complicated than it should have been. another prominent critic was a senator from illinois named barack obama. having drug companies come in and write the medicare prescription drug bill which we now see is not working for our seniors, those are very particular problems of this administration and this congress. well, today, the problems have been fixed and the program is enjoying immense popularity. one poll found 9 of 10 ben fi