marc shiffman: there are too many people out there... who are senior citizens-- fixed low income. medicare is their only insurance, and as they get older, as they get sicker, as they need more medications, they are having to make difficult choices. - hi. how are you doing today? - hello, mrs. phillips. - how are you? - it's good to see you. my social worker spends some time almost every day calling up drug companies, filling out forms to get special dispensations for medications. people break pills in half to stretch them, or they just go without because they've got a food bill, they've got an electrical bill, they've got a mortgage to pay, a rent-- whatever it is. they make choices. this happens more in senior citizens. the young, poor population, and this probably is more single mothers that we see, trying to raise children-- some working, some not working, also are faced with choices. and oftentimes because their lives are so hectic, raising the kids and perhaps working, whatever else they're doing, they do come in to see us late. the health of any nation is closely linked to t