I always had the sense they were yet another lobbying organization, especially after their involvement in the Pharmaceutical bill. And, at 50, the last thing in my mind was being old enough for them; guess what, it’s 16 yrs. later, and, I’m still not chomping at the bit to join. Besides, I get tired of all the junk mail they send out.

What I will never stop being astonished by is the fact that this bill was rewritten in the middle of the night to create the hole of the doughnut [where prescription drug coverage stops] and more by these pharmaceutical lobbyists, and that the resulting mess was so long that no one who voted for it actually read it until after it had been passed. And to make matters worse, Congressmembers were given the wrong information about how much it would cost. But not to read it at all! Apparently that is the case with most every bill in Congress these days. There is too much pressure and not enough time.