Column Answers Question About Switching Medicare Drug Plans; Web Site Adds Information About Graduate Medical Students (Medical News Today)
Kaiser Medicare Q&A Column, Kaiser Family Foundation/Knight Ridder Tribune News: The column, prepared by the Kaiser Family Foundation and distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune, addresses whether dual eligibles, those eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid, can switch Medicare drug plans. According to the column, dual eligibles, who previously received drug coverage through Medicaid and were

Medicare drug plan still striking out with seniors (The Salt Lake Tribune)
The nation's new Medicare prescription drug plan is getting a thumbs down from many Utahns, a new survey shows. The survey, presented Friday to the Utah Commission on Aging, also found information about the new drug plan is not getting through to many Utahns who are eligible for the program or soon will be. Those findings confirm what some advocates say: Older Utahns may have heard of

States Approved for Drug Reimbursement Demonstration to Complete Medicare Transition (RedNova)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Forty-four states and the District of Columbia will participate in a program that will limit their costs and ease the transition to Medicare drug coverage for certain people who are also in Medicaid, HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt announced today.