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- All of us, as you get older,

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you take prescriptions
for high blood pressure,

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for cholesterol, whatever it is you have.

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And, it's important that we understand

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there's more health
risks as you get older,

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because the body breaks down a little bit.

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So there's more chance
that you're going to be

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on a prescription as you get older,

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and we need to make sure
that that's covered.

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So, the answer is, we
have to look legislatively

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at fixing that.

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One of the reasons why we
have the elderly commission

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is to advocate on your behalf.

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The people that work for
the city work for you.

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We're there to service you.

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So, take advantage of that opportunity.

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Take advantage of that
office, ask questions,

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they'll get the answers.

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And if we got to a point where...

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What I'd like to do,
is get to a point where

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with the elderly commission,

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I'll have to double the
size of the commission,

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because the amount of calls they get.

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And believe it or not,

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we don't get that many calls.
(crowd claps)

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We get a lot of calls,

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but not as many as there are
people in the city of Boston

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that are over 60 years old.

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- [Lady] We need a bigger budget.

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- So we need... we will
get the budget there,

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but we need you to use the office,

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because I'd rather you talk
to one of the specialists

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we have and get a benefit
than be taken advantage of.

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So that's why they're there.

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They're there for you.

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They work for you.

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Our primary purpose is to help people

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with the situations you might have.

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So please call them.