Representative Heather Wilson: “on the first day that seniors could sign up for prescription drug cards, the discount cards, I went to the Barelas…”

“on the first day that seniors could sign up for prescription drug cards, the discount cards, I went to the Barelas Senior Center, and I sat down at one of the tables at lunchtime and chatted with a little lady and started talking about this new card that would be available. She say, oh, I already know; I talked to AARP and I already have my card. She pulled it out of her wallet and she showed me, and it had the Medicare sign on it. She said, I asked the lady and I tried to use it, and I did on Saturday, and they let me use it, and I saved $7. It is not too hard for people to understand what these prescription drug cards will do for them; and when I talked to more people at the Barelas Senior Center, they were very interested in the $600 that can be added to that debit-like card to help them with the cost of their drugs. It is time to put aside the bickering and help seniors figure out which benefit is the best for them so that they can afford their prescription drugs.”