ate and in the past ten elections five were for Republicans and the other five were for the Democrats. It could go either way but right now it looks as if it’s in favor of Gore. Many of the elderly in this state are pushing for Gore because of his prescription drug plan for the elderly. His plan is to create a new Medicare prescription drug benefit offering $1,000 a year to cover the drug costs of recipients paying $24 a month in premiums. A former teacher and counselor in Washington said, “Gore comes across as far more presidential…his responses to foreign policy and Medicare…he seems to look at the bigger picture.” Gore is for seniors 55-65 years of age to buy into the Medicare program, that would be a big plus. Bush is for a plan that would be totally new to America that is to offer medical savings accounts to all Americans no matter what age. Gore supports the creation of a “National Family Care Giving Program;” a one-stop support center for families who care for elderly relatives. Many voters are in favor for Gore because of this. Another swing state, Florida is a big one for Health Care because of all the retired people that go to live in the warm weather. This state will lean towards the candidate with the better health plan for senior citizens. A plus for Bush is that his brother is the governor of Florida but it doesn’t mean that he will get the vote. In other health issues Gore supports expanding the federal children’s health insurance program (CHIP) to include children living within 250 percent of the federal poverty level. He also wants to allow low-income parents to buy into CHIP. Bush wants to return CHIP to its original design as a flexible block-grant program to provide states with the freedom to innovate and expand coverage of the greatest number eligible uninsured. Gore’s plan is much better and will get a lot of support from low-income families ...
