Lawmakers want $100M in charity care funds restored (The Record)
Lawmakers vowed to fight for more than $100 million to be restored to the state's charity care program at a forum in Tenafly on Tuesday.

Hospital Compare Website to be Promoted Tomorrow in 58 Daily Newspapers (Senior Journal)
May 20, 2008 Fifty-eight daily newspapers in the U.S. will be running advertisements tomorrow promoting the Hospital Compare website managed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The ads provide scores from two of the 26 quality and patient satisfaction measures on the Website for a sample of hospitals in the community covered by each newspaper.

Aetna and AARP Services Available to Discuss ''Bridging the Gap'' between Employer Coverage and Medicare (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
----Aetna : WHAT: "Bridging the gap" between employer-sponsored health care coverage and Medicare is a topic on the minds of many Americans. Consider that: -- The baby boomers - nearly 78 million strong -- are at or nearing retirement age -- Only 33 percent of large employers and 5 percent of small employers offered health benefits to retirees in 2007 -- Early retirees can expect to spend an ...