Durbin-Clinton Bill Not Only Useless, But Could Co

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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 protected]; Web site: http://www.ProjectFANS.org


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.

http://www.usnewswire.com/

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