Political Quotes

“If I can refer to this chart here, the gentleman referred to the difference between us and the seniors, and despite the color of my hair I am hoping to continue to be able to see that difference between myself and my parents. And yet if we look at this chart, we will see that in 1999, and this is probably very much the case now, medication is used by about 33 percent of seniors today. So about 1 out of every 3 beneficiaries needs a drug product on a regular basis. By the time this gentleman is about 80 years of age, and I expect to be alive and kicking at that time, 51 percent of the seniors, of our generation, will be medication dependent. So this is not an issue of importance only for those who are above 65 years of age today or who are retired. It is an issue for us because they are our parents today. We love them, and we care about them. But it is also an issue because in the relatively near future it will be, the gentlemen and I, in our retirement, very much not only in need of these prescription drugs but having available to us prescriptions that certainly are not available to our parents today.”