Political Quotes

“last night, I called my mother-in-law in Fort Worth, TX, just to get her perspective on Medicare and health care security for seniors, and to ask her what she, a long way from Washington, DC, understood in terms of the important Medicare legislation we passed on this floor in a bipartisan way--a Medicare bill that was signed by the President of the United States on December 8, 4 months ago. We had a good conversation. I asked a little bit in a personal way about her own experience with buying prescription drugs. She, like most seniors who are having to buy prescription drugs on their own--because, remember, until December of this past year, 4 months ago, prescription drugs were outside of Medicare. So many seniors are dependent on prescription drugs for a whole range of illnesses, or to prevent illnesses, whether it is arthritis, diabetes, heart disease, or cancer. Those prescription drugs have been out of reach, or at least must be obtained outside of the Medicare system but indeed no longer.”