1.   Another area where Gore and Bush differed on the means but shared a common goal was helping seniors with the cost of prescription drugs.

2.   But he said government must help seniors now, not when Congress got around to it.

3.   Dottie Albright began helping seniors with downsizing after she moved her own parents into a retirement community.

4.   Keim admits that one challenge of using all this new technology is helping some seniors over their fear of high-tech tools.

5.   So, improved medical technology, like improved equipment, has helped the seniors.

6.   But a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott said Republicans were helping seniors.

7.   Republicans said their plan would help seniors at reasonable cost by subsidizing their coverage through private insurance companies.

8.   Several proposals are circulating in the Senate, including one that would help low-income seniors while deferring further action until next year.