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Dan believes
we should not raise the Normal Retirement
Age (NRA).
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Dan
believes that Social Security funds
are too precious to be trusted to any
kind of privatization scheme.
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Dan believes
that a viable Social Security system
is a promise America must keep to
its aging citizens.
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Dan will
not support any reduction in the cost
of living adjustment.
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Dan does
not support means-testing for Social
Security. Everyone pays into the
system and everyone benefits.
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Dan supports
lower-cost prescriptions for all seniors
through Medicare.
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Dan strongly
opposes proposals to require seniors
to give up their traditional Medicare
and go into an HMO in order to get drug
benefits.
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Dan believes
the federal government should use its
considerable purchasing power as leverage
to negotiate for lower prescription
drug prices.
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Dan believes
Americans should be able to set up
tax-sheltered personal health savings
accounts.
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Dan believes
Americans deserve to have safe and
legal access to re-imported drugs,
such as the cheaper prescription drugs
in Canada.
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Dan believes
the gap in coverage in the new Medicare
plan is too big.
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Dan believes
our rural health care systems need
more help.
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Dan believes
rural health care for senior citizens
can be dramatically improved by investing
in telemedicine. |
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