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Ron and U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME) announce
the bipartisan Medicare Enhancement for Needed Drugs Act (MEND
Act), legislation that would strengthen the drug coverage
offered to seniors under the recently enacted Medicare prescription
drug benefit.
Ron and Snowe, who both voted for passage
of the 2003 Medicare prescription drug bill, promised to work
to improve the law and to strengthen seniors’ coverage
in the 2004 session. The MEND Act attacks high prices in four
major ways - by leveraging the market share of tens of millions
of seniors into bargaining power, by breaking down barriers
to re-importation of lower-cost drugs, by making Congress
a watchdog against unfair price spikes, and by helping seniors
know which plans get them the best prices for their drugs.
Link to a copy of the
bill summary, the
full bill text, or the
press release.
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