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To: Vendit™ who wrote (427)	9/27/2000 3:08:18 PM
From: Cisco	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1719

AP reporting: ALTOONA, Iowa (AP) -- Al Gore questioned rival George W. Bush's commitment to Medicare on Wednesday and declared "it is time" to help 13 million senior citizens get prescription drugs. "I've met too many seniors who have to choose between filling their prescriptions and filling up their shopping cart," said Gore. "There are too many situations like that." . . . Gore made his points at a town hall meeting, speaking briefly and taking questions from the friendly audience. Most questions included complaints about high drug costs and disputes with HMOs. The most touching came from Winifred Skinner, 79, who said she prowled ditches along roads collecting soft drink cans for the 5-cent deposits to help pay her prescription costs. Gore responded by hugging her. Skinner said she was recruited by local United Auto Workers officials who were asking for people with health care stories to tell, but she said she didn't mention picking up cans when she was initially interviewed. I always wondered where Gore found all of his hard luck stories that seem to accidently to show up at his meetings