| If you were watching and appalled by the story about the medicare bill just shown, but couldn't find your glasses in time, it was our own Senator Max Baucus standing to the right of the President as he signed that awful bill. Now that the pressure is on in the Senate to approve the new bill, a little bit of grassroots pressure on our senior Senator is probably called for.
You can call Max's folks at (800) 332-6106.
Or you can send him an auto-e-mail using this page.
Remember three things when you call. First, Max is up for re-election in 2008. Second, every new election is a chance for Max to prove himself to us, again. Third and most important, Max works for us--not the pharmacos, not the richest few, but each and every Montanan.
Update - There are two editorials in the Gazette today that discuss this and associated topics.
First, According to an AARP poll, around 85% of Montanans support Medicare bargaining for lower prices with big pharmaco. This is not surprising because it makes good old fashioned Montana sense to bargain for a lower price, rather than giving the big guys exactly what they want.
Second, this editorial reminds us that Max is in a powerful seat on these decisions. He has said that CHIP is his number one priority, and that is not a bad number one. |
