America Seniors Deserve Better Health Care

PUSH CONGRESS TO PASS LEGISLATION
LOWER RX COSTS We need to legalize the importation of safe less expensive presciption drug from other countries. Also, Medicare should be allowed to negotiate lower drug prices with manufacturers. Under Current law, even though large employers can negotiate prices for their employees, Medicare is barred from doing the same. This must be stopped.
MODERNIZE THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM: Technology can be used to improve the quality of health care we receive and lower costs. Health care information should be standardized and readily available to your health care professionals. For example, emergency rooms should be able to wuickly access your medical records from all your physicians. Technology can be to reduce administrative costs and better inform the patient. Also, health care professionals and institutions that provide the best care most efficiently should be rewarded--we must stop subsidizing and encouraging the least efficient and least effective care.
IMPROVE PATIENT CARE: Medical errors can be reduced by improving and standardizing technology would improve patient care and reduce costs. We also believe that more preventative services are needed.. Patient care is more than caring for you when you are sick. It is also about keeping you from getting ill in the first place.
PROVIDE BETTER OPTIONS FOR LONG-TERM CARE: There are too few long-term care options. As a nation we must help people plan for and receeive long-term care is a setting that works best for them. including home based care. Family caregivers also need relief, such as through tax credits. More and better options for financing long term care should be available.
PUSH CONGRESS TO ENACT SIGNIFICANT CHANGE TO IMPROVE HEALTH CARE FOR AMERICA'S SENIORS.