State Senator John Edwards holds press conference

State Senator John Edwards and Roanoke Councilman Sherman Lea will discuss Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney's plans for Medicare at an event at Edwards's office in downtown Roanoke.   

A local man named Tom Mall who gets benefits from Medicare will also speak.   

That event will start at 2 p.m. Friday afternoon.   

Democrats say Mitt Romney will turn the government health care program into a voucher system that will cost you more.


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