Health care costs weigh heavy on those thinking about retiring (The News-Times)
After 37 years as an educator, including 29 in Danbury, Joel Levitt is ready to move on.But Levitt, the arts coordinator for the Danbury public schools, is 60 years old. That gives him a five-year wait until he can get health insurance through Medicare.

Health reform inches forward (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
March 23, 2009 - Darlene Neff, of Iowa City, Iowa, center, speaks during the Iowa White House Forum on Health Reform as Nancy-Ann DeParle, Director of the White House Office of Health Care Reform, left, and Iowa Gov. Chet Culver look on in Des Moines, Iowa.