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Protest at Santorum's Office
by david
Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2003 at 11:36 AM
david@heartofdarkness.org
as if we need another reason protest Santorum....join 100-200 seniors who plan to descend on Santorum's office to protest his plan to privatize medicare. if medicare falls, so will medicaid.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Desiree Petrus (717) 503-5242
August 12, 2003
PRESCRIPTION DRUG BILLS DON�T DO ENOUGH FOR SENIORS
RETIREES TELL SEN. RICK SANTORUM (R-PA):
DON�T PRIVATIZE MEDICARE!
The Pennsylvania Alliance for Retired Americans opposes Sen. Rick Santorum�s (R-PA) goal to end Medicare as we know it and leave the health of America�s seniors in the hands of profiteering private insurers. Seniors from across the state are rallying against the senator�s attempts to protect the interests of private insurers and pharmaceutical companies by supporting the privatization of Medicare.
Sen. Santorum has said that he hopes the traditional fee-for-service Medicare program will be gone in the next twenty years. He was quoted in the Scranton Times as saying �It�s a very inefficient and costly way to provide insurance. It�s not cost effective and it doesn�t provide the best quality of care.�
The senator also opposes the reimportation bill, which would allow seniors to buy their life-preserving medication at a reduced cost from Canada and Europe. In July, Sen. Santorum worked closely with the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers Association (PhRMA) to initiate a letter opposing the bill. PhRMA circulated the letter and helped get 53 senators to sign it.
Join the Pennsylvania Alliance for Retired Americans and blow the whistle on Sen. Santorum for his shameful record of supporting pharmaceutical companies and corporate interest at the expense of America�s seniors.
WHAT: Rally to Blow the Whistle on Sen. Santorum
WHO: Pennsylvania Alliance for Retired Americans
WHEN: August 13, 2003 at 4 p.m.
WHERE: 1 Landmarks Building Suite 250, Station Square
Pittsburgh, PA
www.retiredamericans.org/pdf/flyer_oppose_rxbill_jul11.pdf
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