Woerner
04-26-2004, 07:44 AM
Since the passage of the new Medicare Prescription Drug legislation, AARP has been lobbying for change. They want a drug importation program and greater prescription discounts. Hardball tactics may just do the trick.
“In Montana, AARP is pushing for higher tobacco taxes to support pharmacy discounts for low-income Montanans, a preferred drug list to give discounts on the safest and most effective drugs, and for the development of a statewide drug consultation network.”
If the plan is successful it will lead other states to follow suit.
"This will be an aggressive, fully integrated effort in all 50 states," said Bob Bartholomew, state director for AARP Montana. "It will reach from consumers to the courts to Congress, and all is designed to make sure prescription drugs are affordable."
To read more go to: http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/04/25/build/state/40-aarp-drug-program.inc
“In Montana, AARP is pushing for higher tobacco taxes to support pharmacy discounts for low-income Montanans, a preferred drug list to give discounts on the safest and most effective drugs, and for the development of a statewide drug consultation network.”
If the plan is successful it will lead other states to follow suit.
"This will be an aggressive, fully integrated effort in all 50 states," said Bob Bartholomew, state director for AARP Montana. "It will reach from consumers to the courts to Congress, and all is designed to make sure prescription drugs are affordable."
To read more go to: http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/04/25/build/state/40-aarp-drug-program.inc