Pharmacists, seniors hope 2007 is better year for Medicare Part D

For Gordon Kost, the prescription drug coverage for seniors known as Medicare Part D hasn’t been the panacea it was touted to be when it was passed by Congress in 2003.

During 2006, its first year on the books, the new law was expensive in terms of money and headaches for Kost, an independent pharmacist who owns Goose Creek Pharmacy in Boulder.

He’s hoping to fare better in 2007.

“Last year at this time people didn’t know what plan they were on. People would come to the pharmacy window, on one of the dozens of plans, and didn’t know what plan they…