New Ads Target McConnell and Wicker on Medicare

In advance of Wednesday's re-vote on the "Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act," take a listen to two new radio spots Americans United for Change has going up in Mississippi and Kentucky. It's time to pressure Senators Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to change course and put seniors -- not President Bush and big insurance companies -- first.

The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act is a critical and urgently needed legislation that will prevent a 10.6% pay-cut to doctors and thereby ensure the disabled and seniors on Medicare have access to the doctor they know and trust. A cut in payments could lead to doctors across the country refusing to see some of the 42 million seniors and people with disabilities who depend on these doctors and Medicare for their care and prescriptions. If the Act doesn't pass and the cuts go through, 60 percent of doctors will likely drop Medicare patients.

Seniors deserve basic medical coverage, even if President Bush's big insurance cronies and Senate Republicans like Wicker and McConnell disagree.

Senator Mitch McConnell

McConnell Backup Document
McConnell MP3

Senator Roger Wicker

Wicker Backup Document
Wicker MP3

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