Looking
Out for New Jersey's Seniors
New
Jersey's seniors built our homes and raised our families. After
working hard for years, seniors should not have to continuously
worry about how to pay for their prescription drugs or living
expenses. As promised, Governor McGreevey has worked to make seniors'
lives easier.
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Fully-funded the nation's best prescription drug program
without raising prescription costs and without reducing
eligibility
of participants - $800 million to PAAD and Senior Gold.
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Dedicated $30 million to offset energy bills for eligible residents.
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Ensured Homestead Rebate of $775 for 1.5 million seniors and
sent $23 million in Property Tax Freeze checks to over 100,000
senior households.
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Helped over 300 communities earn senior discounts of up to 15%
for cable TV.
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Created new ways to help eligible seniors pay utility and telephone
bills, and gave eligible seniors a phone bill credit of $11/month.
- Created
the toughest "Do Not Call" list in the nation.
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Protected seniors from losing their homes and assets to deceptive
lenders - implementing some of the strongest safeguards in the
nation.
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