© 2026 KALW 91.7 FM Bay Area
91.7 FM Bay Area. Originality Never Sounded So Good.
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Parties Spar over Ads for Medicare Drug Benefit

A controversial election-season ad campaign -- substantially underwritten by drug companies -- advocates the much-debated proposal to add a prescription drug benefit to Medicare. NPR's Julie Rovner reports.

Copyright 2002 NPR

Julie Rovner