[NOW News] Medicare Drug Bill: A Bad Deal for Women

Title: [NOW News] Medicare Drug Bill: A Bad Deal for Women

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SHOP FOR EQUALITY! With the holidays rapidly approaching, consider giving the gift of equality this season—a membership in NOW. What could be a better tribute to someone you love and respect? And you can find great gifts at the NOW Store! Read more | Shop online | Order a gift membership BATTERED IMMIGRANT WOMEN FACE ADDITIONAL PERIL The Clear Law Enforcement for Criminal Alien Removal (CLEAR) Act could have disastrous consequences for immigrant survivors and witnesses of domestic violence and sexual assault. Take action! FEMINISTS CHEER MASSACHUSETTS RULING FAVORING MARRIAGE RIGHTS FOR SAME-SEX COUPLES "Civil marriage is a legal issue, not an ideological playground," said NOW President Kim Gandy. "It's not about what you believe, it's about what is fair and just." Read more OVERTIME PAY GUARANTEES BEING UNDERMINED BY PRESIDENT'S VETO THREAT Demand that Congress hold firm for the rights of workers to receive overtime pay. Take action! SAVE WOMEN'S LIVES: MARCH FOR FREEDOM OF CHOICE Join the march on Washington on April 25 and stand up for a woman's right to safe, legal abortion. Learn more		MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG BILL: A BAD DEAL FOR WOMEN "Senior women should not be fooled about the GOP-led Medicare prescription drug benefit proposal," NOW President Kim Gandy warned. "It's a deceptive offer that will actually cause some seniors to lose coverage." Read more | Take action! A MESSAGE FROM KIM GANDY The last two weeks have been explosive—a 40-hour marathon filibuster of Bush nominees to the federal bench, the AARP's abandonment of older women as it finances an ad campaign to pass the drug manufacturers' dream of a Medicare "reform" bill, the ongoing bombing and killing in Iraq and the stunning Massachusetts' high court decision supporting same-sex marriage. Read more JUSTICE PREVAILS DURING MARATHON JUDICIAL NOMINEE DEBATE, FOR NOW Find out how your senators voted and either thank them for opposing a right-wing takeover of the federal judiciary or express your disapproval of their support for Bush's efforts to stack the courts with ultra-conservative judges. Read more | Take action! NOW SALUTES THE LIFE AND WORK OF FEMINIST PHYSICIAN SHEP ARONSON, BELOVED HUSBAND OF NOW FOUNDER MURIEL FOX Dr. Shep Aronson, who died Nov. 10 at the age of 90, was the first chair of the board of the New York City NOW chapter when it was established in 1968. Read more
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