Carey Addresses Proposals To Change The Medicare Drug Benefit, Spending Cuts Under Bush's FY 2007 Budget Proposal, (Medical News Today)
Mary Agnes Carey, associate editor of CQ HealthBeat, discusses the continued debate over implementation of the Medicare drug benefit, President Bush's fiscal year 2007 spending plan and legislation addressing association health plans in this week's "Health on the Hill from kaisernetwork.org and CQ... click link for more info.

Hospice sponsors Senior Health Day at Doyle (Kerrville Daily Times)
Instead of asking seniors to seek out programs to assist them, Peterson Hospice decided to bring the resources to the seniors Friday during a Senior Health Fair at the Doyle School Community Center.

House Republicans oppose Bush's Medicare cuts (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
President George W. Bush's plan to cut $36 billion from Medicare ran into stiff opposition on Wednesday from dozens of his fellow Republicans in the House of Representatives.