AARP Texas Vote News Alert; Hutchison, Cornyn Vote to Block Senate Decision Giving Medicare Power to Negotiate Lower ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Despite the support of a majority of the U.S. Senate and nearly 90 percent of surveyed Texans, Senators Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn today voted to block consideration of legislation that would give Medicare the power to bargain for lower prescription drug prices -- S.3, The Medicare Fair Prescription Drug Price Act of 2007.

AARP Says It Will Become Major Medicare Insurer While Remaining a Consumer Lobby (New York Times)
The group said it would offer a health maintenance organization to Medicare recipients and several other products to people 50 to 64 years old.

Senate blocks Medicare drug price bill (USA Today)
The Senate blocked legislation on Wednesday that would let the government negotiate Medicare drug prices. Democrats couldn't muster the 60 votes needed to bring the bill up for a vote.

Minority of Senate Blocks Vote to Allow Medicare to Negotiate Lower Drug Prices (U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News)
AARP released the following statement today, disappointed by a minority of the U.S. Senate that refuses to allow a vote on legislation that could help lower prescription drug costs for millions of Medicare beneficiaries.