New York Network for Action
on Medicare and Social Security
(NYNAMSS)

NYNAMSS is a statewide coalition founded in 1998 by organizations and individuals concerned about how to improve and strengthen the Medicare and Social Security programs. At a time when these vital social programs are under threat from privatization, the Network seeks to ensure that these programs remain a fundamental part of our nation's social insurance system.

Spotlight on Rx Drugs

For the last few years, the Network has been fighting for meaningful legislation that would both expand coverage for prescription drugs and bring down costs. This means a benefit that is:

• comprehensive, providing the medications that people's physicians order as appropriate to their conditions, including all FDA-approved medications;
• affordable to all New Yorkers, whether through purchasing pools and/or pricing standards, and with subsidies for low-income residents;
• universal, simplifying programs to eliminate discriminatory barriers and unnecessary administrative costs that undermine public health goals;
• publicly accountable, through public administration of benefits management and financial controls.

Help us fight for affordable drugs! Click here to read more about the current fight for affordable prescription drugs.