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linn tiEPomr They'll be workin on the railroad Page 3 ACTION if Medicare passes buck, doc keeps dough Page 2 DAILY NEWS Friday, May 23. 1986 According to the provisions of the bill, any single senior earning less than $9,000 would be able to fill his or her prescription at a top cost of $3. For married seniors, the wage limit would be $12,000. "Stipulating that prescription drugs be replaced by generics wherever possible would allow more seniors to be involved without bankrupting the program," Hal-pin said. "And in those cases where there is no generic equivalent, the brand-name drug would be prescribed.

Seniors would not be denied the drugs they need, but doctors would be encouraged to prescribe the less expensive generic drugs." stipulate the use of generic prescription drugs." According to provisions of the bill, which has passed in the Assembly, doctors would be encouraged to write prescriptions for generic drugs, which are equal in potency and quality to drugs manufactured under national brands. Big price difference "The only difference in the drugs are in their price," Harenberg said. "For instance, there is a drug used in the treatment of arthritis that retails for $70.30. The exact same drug produced generically sells for $7." The Senate has proposed a bill that it describes as "generic neutral." "There is no such thing as being generic neutral," Harenberg said. "You are either for generics or against them.

It's like saying you're slightly pregnant." The hangup in passing a bill is in the generic provision of the- Assembly measure. "The cost of any prescription for a senior citizen would be the same," said Patrick Halpin (D-Lindenhurst), a member of the Aging Committee. "But what we are urging is that doctors indicate the use of generic drugs whenever possible. Unless this provision is adopted, the cost of the program would be prohibitive." By JERRY CASSIDY Oaily News Staff Writer About 100 senior citizens attended a rally In front of the Supreme Court Building in Mineola yesterday to hear Assemblyman Paul Haren-berg (D-Hauppauge) urge them to support his generic drug bill in Albany. The bill, A l-A.

would mandate use of generic drugs whenever possible in senior-citizen prescriptions. "The budget already includes the money for the drug bill," said Harenberg. "Gov. Cuomo, Assemblyman (Stanley) Fink (D-Manhattan) and Sen. (Warren) Anderson (R-Binghamton) agree a drug bill is necessary.

"However, the Senate does not want to Senior housing Suffolk County has been chosen as one of 14 counties to participate in a Cornell University pilot program of housing options for seniors. Volunteers interested in housing will be recruited and trained to conduct informal workshops for seniors showing housing options such as home-sharing, group residences, home equity conversion, and elder cottage housing options. Parent Watch Parent Watch, a non-profit family support group which promotes awareness and education related to the sometimes irrational behavior of adolescents, is being formed at Mid-Island Hospital in Bethpage. The new Bethpage Chapter will conduct its first orientation meeting at 8 p.m. June 18 in the lower-level Conference Room of the health-care facility, 4295 Hempstead Turnpike.

Peace talks A student-run -conference on peace and justice, "Awareness and Action; A Day of Organization and Celebration," will, be held tomorrow at the Ethical Humanist Society, 38 Old Country Road, Garden City. The beginning at noon, will provide discussions on getting active at a young age, and will offer skits, music, and poetry by student performers. Iglesias show Julio Igleslas will give his first Nassau concert in two years at the Nassau Coliseum on July 30. Tickets go on sale tomorrow at the Coliseum's box office. Arsenal tours Tours of the Huntington Arsenal will be conducted each Sunday In June be-' tween 1 p.m.

and 4 p.m. The tours will show the life of the common soldier during the Revolution, as well as militia equipment The Arsenal is at 425 Park Huntington. Admission is free. Car crash fatal A 37-year-old man from Medford was killed just before midnight yesterday when his car mounted the shoulder of South Conduit Ave. in Ozone Park, Queens, and turned over.

Police identified the victim as Miguel Lopez. ty "2: i -i--y a i start. vw csk-. p. a -y i SENIOR CITIZENS rally In Mineola yesterday to urge support for miaou ffir StEo 11 ke i DENNIS CARUSO OAILY NEWS I GOP leaders to run in their primary.

'Safest seat' After narrowly defeating Suffolk Legislator Gregory Blass of Jamesport for the nomination last year, Carney changed his enrollment to Republican in the hope of avoiding future challenges. In an interview yesterday, he said, "If it were not for my position on Shoreham, I would have had the safest Republican 6eat in the Congress." Blass, who now serves as the presiding officer of the County Legislature and has been a steadfast opponent of the opening of the Shoreham plant, is expected to announce later today that he will be a candidate for Carney's 1st Congressional District seat 5 3 4 generic drug bill in Albany. Carney, when asked if he thought he would lose the election because of his stand in favor of nuclear industry, said that he believed he would be able to defeat any opposing-party candidates. However, he thought that the primary fights threatened by other Republican Party members "would have left us all so bloodied, the Republican Party would have lost." He admitted that there has been enormous party pressure upon him to change his position on Shoreham for the last two years. Carney, who had been elected in the past with Republican Party endorsement, was actually the only registered Conservative Party member of Congress.

However, every time he ran for election he was challenged in a Republican Party primary and needed the permission of aironoj; By MICHAEL HANRAHAN Daily News Staff Writer Rep. William Carney of Hauppauge said yesterday that he would not seek reelection to a fifth term in the Congress as a result of his unpopular position with several of his East End constituents and many Republican Party leaders supporting the Long Island Lighting Co. in its efforts to get the Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant licensed. Carney said, "Rather than abandon the position that I believe is correct, I will not seek re-election to another term of office." He stressed that his position was not one of total support for the Shoreham plant but one of total support for the licensing procedure to go forth as guaranteed under federal law, with- i 7 Rep. William Carney out political interference of the kind that has been prevalent in the fight by local authorities to keep the facility from opening..