Steve Pearce: “I have seen the Mediscare tactics that are used in my State. In fact, State officials are going around and trying to…”

“I have seen the Mediscare tactics that are used in my State. In fact, State officials are going around and trying to convince senior groups that in fact this is not a good plan, but they are sledding against heavy opposition because the seniors themselves have been reading the bill. The seniors have looked at the endorsements of this bill. I think the endorsements were a very key part of not only passing the bill but feeling comfortable with passing it. We are endorsed, of course, by the AARP. Almost all of the hospital associations endorsed this. The physician associations endorsed this. The prescription manufacturers endorsed it. One group after another and maybe either the gentlewoman from Florida or the gentleman from Georgia can tell me exactly, but I think there were over 130 endorsements of groups that cater to seniors and watch out for seniors, saying at the end of the day, this bill is a good bill. So it was with some comfort that I voted for it.”