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Pearce Hails News that Nearly 70,000 Southern New Mexico Seniors Have Obtained Prescription Drug Coverage; Urges 100% Participation by May 15 Deadline
Apr 28, 2006  -   U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce today hailed a report from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that nearly 70,000 Medicare beneficiaries in Southern New Mexico had obtained prescription drug coverage as of April 18, 2006. The sum constitutes 72% of the total number of Medicare benefi... More

Congressman Pearce: “Senior Citizen Drug Discounts Begin Today”
Jun 2, 2004  - U.S. Representative Steve Pearce (R-NM) today announced his staff is hosting a one-stop information session next Monday for Dona Ana County senior citizens to learn more about the new Medicare-approved Prescription Drug Discount Cards that started yesterday, June 1, 2004. “The more senior citizen... More

Dear Congressman Pearce
May 10, 2004  - Congressman Pearce I read with interest Richard Earnheart’s letter about Congressman Pearce’s Medicare meeting in Silver City. I was also at that meeting and, frankly, Mr. Earnheart’s letter bared no resemblance to the meeting I attended. I wanted to thank the congressman for caring enough to hold... More

Seniors Get Medicare Update at Forum
Apr 9, 2004  - Area seniors curious about changes to Medicare under the Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act of 2003 had an opportunity to present questions at a forum hosted in Artesia by Rep. Steve Pearce (R-N.M.). On hand to answer questions was Jeff Flick, regional administrator for the Centers ... More

Medicare Drug Card Plan Is Good Medicine, New Mexico Congressman Says
Apr 7, 2004  - Congressman Steve Pearce, R-N.M. told a roomful of seniors Monday the cards to be issued this summer to give low-income seniors a break on prescription drugs costs will be the first step in promising new Medicare reforms passed last year. Pearce, on a tour of the district while on congressional bre... More

Officials discuss Medicare Act
Apr 7, 2004  - During a swing through southwestern New Mexico on Monday, U.S. Rep. Stevan Pearce and Paul Pearson of the Southwest District Health Care Leadership Council held a forum on the Medicare Act overhaul passed by Congress. Pearce explained the guidelines for drug coverage under the new law. "The ac... More

Pearce pleased with local Medicare forum
Apr 7, 2004  - U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce, R-N.M., said Tuesday he was pleased with the turnout at a Medicare town hall meeting at Western New Mexico University Monday night and with the many questions raised by area residents. “After the explanation, people will say something along the lines of ‘that’s not all bad... More

Congressman explains Medicare changes in Carlsbad
Apr 7, 2004  - Recent changes to Medicare and the new prescription drug benefit may not be exactly what Americans were hoping for, but Rep. Steve Pearce, R-N.M., told Carlsbad residents that Congress had to start somewhere. Changes were necessary to the Medicare plan because, without modifications, it would ba... More

N.M. reps respond to cost flap
Mar 26, 2004  - Will the new Medicare prescription drug bill cost $395 billion over 10 years, as the Congressional Budget Office predicts, or $534 billion, as an actuary for the Bush administration said in an estimate withheld from Congress last year? "It's all guesswork. I don't think either one of them is goi... More

Seniors Have Friend in Pearce
Mar 5, 2004  - Rep. Steve Pearce (R-NM) “can be depended on to protect Social Security and Medicare; he cares deeply about senior issues.” That assertion was made by Jim Martin, President of the 60 Plus Association, a non-partisan group that relies upon support from nearly 5 million senior citizens... More

 
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