Seniors to Senators Conrad and Dorgan '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 Sens. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) and Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.). The ad features members of our Greatest Generation begging Sen. Johnson 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 North Dakota :30 second version at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zJNtfq_SKE

"Seniors have already lost their social security COLA, now Sens. Conrad and Dorgan want to cut their Medicare, too? It may be Halloween, but let's stop Fright Night. Sens. Conrad and Dorgan 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, Sens. Conrad and Dorgan should channel the Greatest American Hero or Superman, defend our Greatest Generation and declare they 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-NORTH DAKOTA"

                   VIDEO                                AUDIO
                   -----                                -----

    American Flag B-Roll                 (Music Up and Under)

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


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


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


                                         ANNOUNCER:
    Pelosi and Reid Images/Capitol       ----------
     Image/Doctor B-Roll                 But now, some in Washington 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 Drugs    Treatments and potentially
    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 on camera                     SENIOR:
                                         -------
                                         Don't make us pay for health care
                                         reform by cutting Medicare.
    GRAPHIC:
    --------                             We've sacrificed enough.
    Call Senators Conrad & Dorgan:
    Don't Pay For Health Care Reform By
    Cutting Medicare

    (202) 224-3121

    www.60Plus.org

    DISCLAIMER:
    -----------
    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

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