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Rx Express 2002
The Rx Express has two goals:
(1) To demonstrate dramatic savings on prescription drugs for seniors and persons with disabilities.
(2) To reinforce the urgent need for action by Congress on an affordable Medicare prescription drug benefit.
| What: | Alliance for Retired Americans-sponsored Rx Express bus trips to Canada by seniors. |
| When: | Begun in May 2002, the trips will continue indefinitely throughout 2002;times will vary by state. |
| Where: | Buses have departed from more than a dozen states that border Canada. |
| Who: | Seniors and persons with disabilities who have difficulty paying for huge prescription drug bills—the result of price gouging by the pharmaceutical industry. |
| Why: | Because prescription drugs are too expensive! The trips will highlight the need for a comprehensive, universal prescription drug benefit under Medicare by showing the incredible savings— already over $500,000—by U.S. seniors on prescription drugs purchased in Canada. |
| How: | For more information on how to participate in the Rx Express, call the Alliance’s toll-free hotline at 888-373-6497, Option l. |
Visit the Alliance for Retired Americans website for more information: www.retiredamericans.org