FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Marlboro, NJ—Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Senior Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee and one of the principal authors of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, will visit Greenbriar Senior Community in Marlboro, NJ on Thursday, March 15 at 10:00 a.m. to mark the upcoming second anniversary of the health reform law and highlight the benefits and savings the law provides seniors.
The U.S. Supreme Court will begin three days of Affordable Care Act oral arguments on March 26. Pallone will discus how New Jersey’s seniors have benefited form the Affordable Care Act and what is at stake if the law is struck down by the Supreme Court. Thanks to the law, seniors now receive a 50% discount on prescription drugs when they fall into the Medicare Part D ‘donut hole’ coverage gap. In New Jersey, seniors on Medicare saved more than $95 million on prescription drugs in 2011. And, almost a million New Jersey seniors have taken advantage of the free preventative health services now covered under Medicare, such as colonoscopies and mammograms.
Congressman Pallone will also discuss other issues of concern to seniors such as Social Security and the economy.
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