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Chellie on CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight

Sorry for the late notice on this, but anyone channel surfing this evening should turn to CNN at 6 p.m. to watch the Lou Dobbs Tonight show, which interviewed Chellie this afternoon about Canada's decision not to sell bulk prescription drugs to the United States.

And, why is CNN inteviewing Chellie about prescription drugs?  Well, its because Chellie prior to becoming the President of Common Cause, served for eight years in the Maine Senate, with the last four years as majority leader.  In the Maine Legislature, Chellie was known for successful legislative battles regarding health care, as she authored legislation that created a landmark program known as Maine Rx, which lowered the cost of prescription drug prices for seniors. She was the winner of several awards including Consumer Health Advocate of the Year by Families, USA.

So if you are  channel surfing tonight, tune into CNN to hear what Chellie has to say about this important issue.


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I will post the video of Chellie's appearance over at DEMbloggers.com very soon.

by Mark Williams on Wed Jun 29, 2005 at 06:32:49 PM EST


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I posted the video here.

by Mark Williams on Wed Jun 29, 2005 at 10:56:39 PM EST


Pass a Prescription drug benefit under Medicare

We the undersigned also demand congress and the president enact a prescription drug benefit under Medicare Part B which covers 80 percent of medication cost, with no extra premium, no extra deductibles, no means test and no coverage gaps or else we will not purchase products from the CVS, Eckerd, and Walgreens pharmacy chains. We make no statement of the quality of products sold by these pharmacy chains.

We pledge to Call Eckerd Pharmacy Corporate Headquarters at 800 325 3737, Call CVS Pharmacy Corporate headquarters at 888 607 4287 and Call Walgreens Pharmacy Corporate headquarters at 800 289 2273 and tell them we will not purchase any products from their drug stores but will patronize them in the future if they can get the congress to pass a prescription drug benefit as described above. If a person cannot stop buying medications from the three drug store chains, I consider it acceptible to buy your medication from one of the chains but still refrain from buying other products from their drug stores.

We also call for the complete repeal of the faulty Medicare law HR 1 / S 1 passed by congress in Nov 2003.

Please tell your friends, family and coworkers to sign this petition.

We do this in the spirit of peaceful resistance to a congress that refuses to enact this legislation

If you don't support what the Republicans did since they took over the House of Representatives in 1995 and don't support the Republican party's plans for this year then Join the revolution for progressive legislation and sign the petition at

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by Anonymous Citizen on Wed Jun 29, 2005 at 11:51:44 PM EST


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