AARP,
Two Senators Back Issue as McClellan Makes Concessions By Ceci Connolly
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, March 12, 2004; Page A02 Proposals to allow Americans to buy low-cost prescription drugs
from other countries such as Canada picked up two new Senate supporters
yesterday and received a major boost from the seniors' group AARP. In full-page newspaper advertisements and a letter to pharmaceuticals
makers, the lobbying group credited with helping pass last year's
Medicare prescription drug benefit weighed in forcefully in favor
of drug importation, a proposal the group had only tepidly accepted
in the past. On Capitol Hill, Sens. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) and John
Cornyn (R-Tex.) said they now support importation.
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