John Ensign: “I urge you to ponder very honestly the proposed prescription coverage with Medicare. Many social problems arise due to…”

“I urge you to ponder very honestly the proposed prescription coverage with Medicare. Many social problems arise due to the fact that many persons who need medication to maintain some sort of life existence are not able to purchase the needed medications. Must we continue to choose housing or our medications? Please step back and consider if an elderly or disabled person in your own family were in this precarious situation. Would you not step up to the moral plate and fight to find funding for Medicare covered prescriptions?”