Yes, there truly are elderly people who have trouble buying the drugs they need. Although the poorest are helped by Medicaid, about 19 million seniors in this country, or roughly half those 65 and older, have little or no drug coverage, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Produced for the National Center for Policy Analysis in Dallas, the study concluded that private health plans can eliminate much of the waste and inefficiency in Medicare and apply the savings to the cost of prescription drugs not currently covered. This may or may not prove the complete answer to the problem. Remember this, though.
Politicians excel in producing hot air and effluents put out by male cattle.
But no politician ever invented a drug and brought it to market. Send it along.