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Of notice is that when the media reports Hillary's failure then the names she likes most to be known
by - Hillary or Rodham-Clinton (or both) are never mentioned even in the body of the report.
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Politics - U.S. Newswire Press Releases
New Study Proves Durbin-Clinton Bill Not Only Useless, But Could Cost Taxpayers $1.6 Billion More in
Medicare, Says Project: FANS Mon Oct 20,10:49 AM ET
To: National Desk, Health Reporter
Contact: Joe Giganti, 703-928-9695, for Project: FANS; e-mail: [email hidden]; Web site:
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The director of Project: FANS, one of America's largest
grassroots pro-nutritional supplements groups, applauds a new study, "A Study on the Cost Effects of
Multivitamins for Older Adults," that reports on the positive effects of supplement use for seniors,
and urges Congress to protect Americans' access to all nutritional supplements. "This study should
put to rest any debate about the importance and effectiveness that nutritional supplements have on
the health of all Americans, especially our senior citizens," stated Beth Clay, director of Project:
FANS. "Instead of being influenced by media-hyped crises and the lobbying efforts of the
anti-supplement crowd, the U.S. Congress should base their legislative decisions on the science
these studies have provided."
The soon-to-be-released study, conducted by the Lewin Group, echoes the results of a 2002 Journal of
the American Medical Association (news - web sites) (JAMA) study that focused on the benefits of
nutritional supplement and vitamin use. Both studies encourage all adults to take multivitamins to
minimize their risk of chronic disease, and state that use of supplements by seniors will save more
than $1.6 billion dollars in healthcare and taxpayer dollars over the next five years. Specifically,
the Lewin study states, "the five-year estimate of potential savings (or cost offsets) resulting
from improved immune functioning and a reduction in the relative risk of coronary artery disease
through providing older adults with a daily multivitamin is approximately $1.6 billion...The
evidence strongly indicates that daily use of multivitamins by the elderly is nearly risk-free and
is potentially associated with significant health improvements...."
"This is the final nail in the coffin for the Durbin-Clinton bill
(S.722) that would at best restrict access to the very supplements that this study says will
improve the health of all Americans, especially our seniors," said Clay. "This study proves
that S.722 is wrong for our health, wrong for our seniors and wrong for the American
taxpayers' wallets.
"Seventy percent of Americans regularly use supplements and they do not want their access to them
restricted, as most of this proposed new legislation would do," concluded Clay. Project: FANS
opposes any new legislation that would overturn the existing regulatory framework. Bills like S.722
seek to replace the current law of the land-DSHEA, passed in 1994-and if passed, would have
permanent detrimental effects on consumer rights and access to better health.