According to a report from the Arthritis Foundation, "The Bush administration wants Medicare patients to question their doctors about alternative medicines that may be cheaper than what they are now taking." Medicare officials said, "specific decisions about whether to substitute a cheaper drug for a more expensive drug should be made by physicians." Officials predicted that the competition among similar drugs would lower costs. Taking a different direction, the AARP (American Association of Retired Persons) said "much more needs to be done to make drugs more affordable for everyone." AARP is supporting S. 2328, the bipartisan bill that would legalize the safe importation of prescription drugs from other countries, beginning with Canada. Read the article from AARP about importation and if you support it, contact your senator and encourage them to co-sponsor the bill.