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08.08.00
JAMESTOWN SENIORS PAYING STEEP PRICES FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, ACCORDING TO SCHUMER SURVEY
Underscoring the need to expand Medicare to include prescription drug coverage, US Senator Charles E. Schumer today revealed that Jamestown area seniors pay steep prices for prescription drugs and that nationally, the average senior without prescription coverage spends $800 out of pocket each year filling critical prescriptions. Schumer showed what a typical Jamestown senior pays for drugs for heart ailments and other common illnesses, including an average of $1424.79 a year for Prilosec… Continue Reading
08.08.00
SCHUMER UNVEILS PLAN TO FIGHT MEDICARE CUTS AT WESTERN NY HOSPITALS
In the wake of the harsh blow dealt to New York hospitals by the 1997 Balanced Budget Act (BBA), US Senator Charles E. Schumer today unveiled a plan that seeks to remedy the financial challenges that hospitals in Western New York are facing. "Our hospitals have been on life support for the last three years. This bill will take them out of intensive care and allow them to begin to recover," Schumer said. Although the BBA made important changes to Medicare payment policy and h… Continue Reading
