Frank Ballance said "I know that I will keep mine, and I will not vote for a plan that simply has the label on it. The plan that the Republican leadership of this Chamber has proposed would not benefit our seniors in the way that they need and deserve. It is not a real prescription drug plan. It is what I would call an empty promise. Mexico, Canada, Germany, England and France, what do all these countries have in common? Their seniors all pay lower prices for the exact same prescription drug medication that American seniors today cannot afford. One month's supply of Zocor, a prescription commonly taken by seniors to lower their cholesterol, costs $124 in the United States. In Europe, the same medication costs $28. The antidepressant Prozac, also widely prescribed throughout America, costs nearly $100 for just 20 pills. In Canada, those same 20 pills cost $20." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJune 24, 2003

I know that I will keep mine, and I will not vote for a plan that simply has the label on it. The plan that the Republican leadership of this Chamber has proposed would not benefit our seniors in the way that they need and deserve. It is not a real prescription drug plan. It is what I would call an empty promise. Mexico, Canada, Germany, England and France, what do all these countries have in common? Their seniors all pay lower prices for the exact same prescription drug medication that American seniors today cannot afford. One month's supply of Zocor, a prescription commonly taken by seniors to lower their cholesterol, costs $124 in the United States. In Europe, the same medication costs $28. The antidepressant Prozac, also widely prescribed throughout America, costs nearly $100 for just 20 pills. In Canada, those same 20 pills cost $20.

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Frank Ballance

Democratic · North Carolina

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the need for a genuine prescription drug benefit for seniors.

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