Paid for by Gore/Lieberman, Inc.
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ANOTHER "REAL" DIFFERENCE FOR "REAL" FAMILIES:
STRENGTHENING MEDICARE
This 62 year old woman with hypertension recently lost her health insurance because her husband
retired. Fortunately, under the Gore-Lieberman Administration, she now has access to quality
health care options and can buy into Medicare with a 25 percent tax credit to make it affordable.
Under the Bush-Cheney plan, she may have had to wait until she became 67 to become eligible for
Medicare. Her 65 year old husband is on Medicare, saves $2,288 every year on prescription drugs
through the Gore-Lieberman drug benefit, and does not have to worry about rising premium costs.
Thanks to Gore-Lieberman proposal to provide coverage for preventive and early diagnostic care,
and to assure that all preventive benefits are approved on a fast track basis, this man is regularly
screened for potentially life-threatening conditions such as colocteral cancer.
MEDICARE
Gore-Lieberman
Bush-Cheney
Covers Preventive
Benefits
YES
Eliminates all cost sharing for all
preventive benefits, such as
colorectal cancer screening.
NO
Leaves existing copayments.
Access to new tests for
prevention
YES
Assures that all preventive
benefits are approved on a fast
track basis.
NO
No premiums increase
YES
No increase.
NO
Supports controversial
recommendations that could include
increasing premiums by 18 to 47
percent.
No home health copayment
YES
NO
Supports controversial
recommendations that could
include a new 10 percent
copay.
Maintains eligibility age
for Medicare
YES
Also provides options for those
between 55 and 65
NO
Supports controversial
recommendations that could
raise the age for eligibility from
65 to 67.
65 to 67
