AARP Aiding Seniors with Medicare Drug Plan (NPR)
Senior citizens have until Monday to sign up for Part D of the Medicare prescription drug plan. Millions have yet to enroll, and critics say the plan is simply too confusing. Noah Adams speaks with George Kelemen of the AARP about the group's efforts to help seniors participate in the plan.

Medicare deadline Monday in Arkansas, elsewhere (Pine Bluff Commercial)
LITTLE ROCK - Agencies that aim to help Arkansans 65 and older sign up for a new Medicare prescription drug program saw a steady stream of people Monday, the deadline to enroll.

Medicare Prescription Drug Enrollment Deadline This Monday, May 15 at Midnight; AARP Encourages People to Pick a Plan (U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News)
With the enrollment deadline for the new Medicare prescription drug program occurring next Monday, May 15th at midnight, AARP Tennessee is encouraging any of the 200,000 Medicare beneficiaries in Tennessee who have not signed up to pick a plan today. You can choose one that provides either the lowest cost to you, or one that you know will pay for your most expensive drugs. The person will have

Call centers completing last minute sign-ups for Medicare Part D (WIS-TV Columbia)
(Washington, DC-NBC) May 15, 2006 - Monday is the last day to sign up for Medicare's new drug plan without penalty. As of Monday, 37 million people are enrolled, and the government thinks half of the five million who aren't are low-income seniors are not affected by the deadline.

New Medicare program deadline is today (San Francisco Chronicle)
Enrollment in Medicare's new prescription drug benefit lurches to a conclusion today, with beneficiaries, insurers and many lawmakers saying that Congress should eliminate the financial penalty for people who sign up late. Under one idea that is...