Seniors to Senator Snowe ‘Don’t Cut Medicare!’

New :30 Second TV Ad Begins Airing Today

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Today, the 60 Plus Association released a new TV ad targeting Senator Olympia Snow (R-Maine). The ad features members of our Greatest Generation begging Sen. Snowe not to cut Medicare to pay for health care reform. The :30 second TV ad will run in conjunction with a :60 second ad that began airing on Wednesday. See the ad at www.60plus.org or the Maine :30 second version at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08R6kmXS_CU

“Seniors have already lost their social security COLA, now Senator Snowe wants to cut their Medicare, too? It may be Halloween, but let’s stop Fright Night. Senator Snowe should stand up to Senator Harry Reid and tell him ‘I won’t support any bill which cuts Medicare,’” said Jim Martin, President of 60 Plus.

Titled “Enough,” the ad highlights seniors speaking in their own words to the fact that Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senator Harry Reid want to cut up to $500 billion from Medicare. This could mean life-saving drugs could be withheld and seniors could even be prevented from seeing their own doctors.

The ad ends with a senior stating, “Don’t make us pay for health care reform by cutting Medicare. We’ve sacrificed enough.”

“Since it’s Halloween, Senator Snowe should channel the Greatest American Hero or Superman defend our Greatest Generation and declare she will protect seniors by refusing to vote for any health care reform legislation which cuts Medicare,” continued Martin.

The :30 second ad began running today. A full transcript of the ad can be found below.

FINAL 60 PLUS ASSOCIATION TV :30 – “ENOUGH-MAINE”

                VIDEO                          AUDIO
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    American Flag B-Roll              (Music Up and Under)

    SUPER:                            ANNOUNCER:
    ------                            ----------
    Seniors Have Sacrificed           Seniors have sacrificed

                                      SENIOR:
    Great Depression B-Roll           -------
                                      We survived the Great
    Senior on camera                  Depression

                                      SENIOR:
    D-Day B-Roll                      -------
                                      And landed at Normandy on
    Senior on camera                  D-Day.

                                      ANNOUNCER:
    Pelosi and Reid                   ----------
    Images/Capitol Image/Doctor       But now, some in Washington
    B-Roll                            want up to $500 billion in
                                      Medicare cuts to pay for a
                                      plan that could lead to a
                                      government takeover of
                                      health care.
    SUPER:
    ------
    Plans to Cut up to $500
    Billion from Medicare

    CITE:
    -----
    Washington Post, 7/16/09;
    PBS, 9/28/09

    Seniors B-Roll/Prescription       Treatments and potentially
    Drugs B-Roll                      life-saving drugs could be
                                      withheld

    SUPER:
    ------
    Treatments and Potentially
    Life-Saving Drugs Could Be
    Withheld

    Senior with doctor B-Roll         And seniors could even lose
                                      their own doctors.
    SUPER:
    ------
    Seniors Could Lose Their Own
    Doctors

    CITE:
    -----
    Centers for Medicare &
    Medicaid Services Report,
    10/21/09
    New York Times, 4/2/09

                                      SENIOR:
    Senior on camera                  -------
                                      Don't make us pay for health
                                      care reform by cutting
                                      Medicare.
    GRAPHIC:
    --------                          We've sacrificed enough.
    Call Senator Snowe:
    Don't Pay For Health Care
    Reform By Cutting Medicare

    (207) 874-0883

    www.60Plus.org

    DISCLAIMER:
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    PAID FOR BY 60 PLUS
    ASSOCIATION

The 60 Plus Association is a 17-year-old nonpartisan organization working for death tax repeal, saving Social Security, affordable prescription drugs, lowering energy costs and other issues featuring a less government, less taxes approach. 60 Plus calls on support from nearly 5.5 million citizen activists. 60 Plus publishes a magazine, SENIOR VOICE, and a Scorecard, bestowing awards on lawmakers of both parties who vote “pro-senior.” 60 Plus has been called, “an increasingly influential senior citizen’s group” and since 1992 “the conservative alternative to the AARP.”

SOURCE 60 Plus Association