48 Hours Until Medicare Expansion Vote

*** WIRE: MORE MEDICARE VOTE AS EARLY AS FRIDAY ***

*Gingrich Pushes Welfare State*

Gingrich Pitches More Medicare:
http://www.forbes.com/home_europe/newswire/2003/11/19/rtr1153585.html
Newt Gingrich's Health Care Reform Web Site:
http://www.healthtransformation.net/
[PULSE POINT: Bringing Gingrich -- who acheived and squandered an historic
GOP congressional takeover in 1994 -- in to promote more Medicare is a sign
of desperation. He steadfastly refused to include MSAs in the 1994 Contract
with America, instead pushing term limits, and it's not surprising he's
pushing more Medicare]

Bill Grants $ 25 Billion in Rural Subsidies:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2003-11-19-medicare_x.htm

GOP Congressman: I'm Voting Against More Medicare:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,103471,00.html
GOP Congressman Blasts More Medicare:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul133.html

Newspaper to Bush: Stop More Medicare:
http://news-register.net/edit/story/1117202003_edt2.asp

Those who oppose more Medicare:

€ Rush Limbaugh
€ Heritage Foundation
€ National Center for Policy Analysis
€ Most seniors polled
€ USA Today and most newspaper editorial boards
€ Human Events

Are We All Socialists Now?
Buy Your Own Drugs, Grandma:
http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=1019

Bill Kills Retiree Benefits:
http://www.heritage.org/Research/HealthCare/wm344.cfm

"We should be bending our wills and efforts to eliminating Medicare,
not expanding it."

-- Virginia AFCM member in letter to United States Senator

"This could be a big nail in the coffin of any incentive to develop new
wonder drugs."
-- Seattle AFCM member to talk radio show host by e-mail

"I recently turned 65 and I don't want this expansion. I don't like Medicare
and neither do my doctors. My doctors are more important to me than any
government insurance plan."
-- AFCM Member in Nevada to each legislator on conference committee

Congress:
http://capwiz.com/yo-demo/

White House:
Tel: (202) 456-1414
Fax (202) 456-2461


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