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Pushing Medicare: The Health Industry and Public Subsidies for Prescription Drugs
January 7, 2004
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Seniors and those approaching retirement age are a major voting block, likely to have a substantial impact on the 2004 presidential election. Among top concerns for seniors are the future of Medicare - the government program that guarantees health coverage to persons over age 65 - and the skyrocketing prices of prescription drugs. In early December 2003 President Bush signed into law the Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act, touting the legislation as a victory for the elderly. But some say it was nothing more than a boon for the pharmaceutical industry. On this edition of Making Contact's ElectionWatch '04, a monthly special from the National Radio Project, we take a look at Medicare and prescription drugs.
Featuring:
Terry Mandel, a health industry consultant who tells a Medicare story of her father's close call; Dr. Quentin Young, Physicians for a National Health Program; Professor Alan Sager, Boston University's School of Public Health; Gray Panthers'Sigrid Hawkes and Joan Lee; and, a report from correspondent Monica Lopez on AARP's support for the Medicare bill.
For more information:
Physicians for a National Health Program
312-782-6006; pnhp@aol.com
www.pnhp.org
Boston University, School of Public Health
www.healthreformprogram.org
Gray Panthers California
916-332-5980
www.graypanthers-sacto.org
Gray Panthers National Office
800-280-5362;info@graypanthers.org
www.graypanthers.org