Prescription Drugs & Medicare
CCJ will continue to support a Medicare prescription drug benefit to be
provided within the Medicare program as an option for all beneficiaries.
Any plan must have sufficient Medicare funding to ensure affordable
premiums and cost-sharing that will cover all medications beneficiaries need, and
that will empower Medicare to negotiate directly with pharmaceutical companies for
lower prescription drug prices. CCJ
will oppose any measure to turn Medicare�s guaranteed health benefits
into a voucher system or to move beneficiaries into HMOs or other
managed care plans.
In recent years, CCJ has organized bus trips for senior citizens and people
with disabilities to go to Canada to purchase their medications. Actions
like these have helped to raise awareness about the high cost of
prescription drugs in the United States, and the price gouging by the
pharmaceutical industry. Though CCJ is no longer running bus
trips to Canada, we will continue to fight for prescription drug
coverage under Medicare and push
for state legislation that would
allow Pennsylvania to reduce the
cost of prescription drugs for
senior citizens, people living on
fixed incomes, and low-income
individuals. Please check
back for updates.
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