right, i know elder  people need help with their prescriptions.

Salkin Kathleen wrote:

> I agree with you.  Considering that those disabled who don't have jobs and
> aren't retirement age (65) and most of them are on Medicaid which pays for
> some prescriptions, that was not an appropriate way to mark the ADA
> anniversary.  It was just PR, in my opinion.
>
> Kat
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dan Keplinger" <[log in to unmask]>
> Newsgroups: bit.listserv.c-palsy
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2002 11:26 AM
> Subject: Re: aarp and ada
>
> > i just don't think he pick right way to mark the ada day.
> >
> > Salkin Kathleen wrote:
> >
> > > Yes, but we're talking about two different groups as far as the
> government
> > > is concerned.  There are the disabled who are all ages, and there are
> the
> > > retired folks.  There's a lot of overlap between the two, but the AARP
> is
> > > designed for retirees, and the medicine bill is designed for those
> retirees
> > > who are on Medicare and no longer have group coverages that cover meds.
> > >
> > > Kat
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Dan Keplinger" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Newsgroups: bit.listserv.c-palsy
> > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2002 10:26 AM
> > > Subject: aarp and ada
> > >
> > > > i saw in apaper that bush marked the 12th year of ada by
> > > > signing a bill for better drug coverage and this was a
> > > > big thing for the aarp. how does this help the disabled
> > > > communitty as a hole?  at a quick look at the aarp web
> > > > site it said anyone over 50 can join aarp, but not just
> > > > being disabled.   to me ada is  to benefit people with
> > > > disabilies, not one portion of the group.
> > > >
> > > > dan