#seniors

Long gone are the days when hospital stays and surgeries made up the bulk of seniors' annual medical expenses. ↗

— Jim Gerlach

#bulk #days #expenses #gone #hospital

The Prescription Drug Benefit we passed in Congress is already working to make prescription drugs available and affordable for all seniors who depend on them, through the drug card that became available last year. ↗

— Mark Kennedy

#already #available #became #benefit #card

Pharmaceuticals have become an increasingly important part of modern medicine, and our seniors shouldn't have to worry about whether they can afford the medicines they need to stay healthy and maintain their independence. ↗

— Michael K. Simpson

#afford #become #healthy #important #increasingly

Among seniors, Social Security is the sole source of income for 26 percent of nonmarried women. ↗

— Diane Watson

#income #percent #security #seniors #social

I've written and passed laws to give Medicare beneficiaries access to life saving cancer drugs and to ensure that seniors don't have to give up the prospect of a cure when they go into hospice care. ↗

— Ron Wyden

#beneficiaries #cancer #care #cure #ensure

Oklahomans value our children and our seniors. Oklahomans value traditions of faith. Oklahomans value our heroes, our veterans. Oklahomans value innovation and the creative arts. ↗

— Brad Henry

#children #creative #faith #heroes #innovation

You have to remember that I played longer than anybody else on the main tour; I played until I was 40, and then played another six years or so on the seniors tour. ↗

— Jimmy Connors

#anybody #else #i #longer #main

Although many seniors are happy with the generous drug coverage they have from their former employers, the number of companies offering that kind of coverage has decreased by one-third since the mid-1980s. ↗

— Jim Gerlach

#companies #coverage #decreased #employers #former

Low-income seniors who choose to enroll in a drug discount plan will receive $600 of Federal assistance in 2004 and 2005 to further defray the costs of their medications. ↗

— Jim Gerlach

#choose #costs #discount #enroll #federal

We cannot rest until we make sure that our families can afford to live and raise their kids here, that our seniors can remain in their homes and afford their health and pharmaceutical costs. ↗

— Carl Lewis

#cannot #costs #families #health #here