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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: CalculatedRisk who wrote (20163)	5/3/2004 8:00:04 PM
From: CalculatedRisk	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Another False Promise: Bush's Medicare Drug Card; John Kerry Is For Real Discounts Mon May 3, 4:57 PM ET news.yahoo.com WASHINGTON, May 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- With the Bush Administration touting the new Medicare drug card today, John Kerry issued the following statement: "I applaud any effort to help families save even one dollar on prescription drugs but the new prescription drug card the Bush Administration is offering does not provide the kind of real discounts that seniors need to afford their medications. I support a real prescription drug card that demands that savings get passed on to all seniors. But a card alone won't ease the burden on our seniors. We also need other, real cost containment measures, such as re-importation and allowing the federal government to negotiate better prices with the drug companies. As President, helping all seniors afford prescription drugs will be among my top priorities." <more>