#seniors

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

More than 70 percent of seniors are asking for more time. It is long overdue for Congress to listen and make sure that seniors have a prescription drug plan that works for them. ↗

— Dan Lipinski

#congress #listen #long #make #more

Tax cuts continue to benefit families, seniors, and small business owners, as evidenced by unparalleled economic growth in Nevada and across the country. ↗

— Jon Porter

#benefit #business #business owners #continue #country

We promised new benefits to seniors like preventive screening and diabetes testing. We kept that promise. ↗

— Mike Rogers

#diabetes #kept #like #new #preventive

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

As a result of the current universal benefit, the poverty rate for seniors in America is about 10%. Without the universal benefit, it would be over 50%. ↗

— Steve Israel

#america #benefit #current #over #poverty

I believe that as a nation we must have a bipartisan discussion about how to best preserve and protect Social Security for our seniors and for future generations of Americans. ↗

— Steve Israel

#believe #best #bipartisan #discussion #future

Since Social Security was established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 to ensure economic security for American workers, poverty among American seniors has dramatically declined. ↗

— Steve Israel

#american workers #among #declined #dramatically #economic

As I travel around Idaho and visit with seniors, I hear almost universal concern about the rising cost of health care, particularly the cost of prescription drugs. ↗

— Michael K. Simpson

#almost #around #care #concern #cost

Caring for our seniors is perhaps the greatest responsibility we have. Those who walked before us have given so much and made possible the life we all enjoy. ↗

— John Hoeven

#caring #enjoy #given #greatest #life