Limits on supplemental Medicare plans eyed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Medicare supplemental health plans, popular among politically powerful retirees, could come under the budget knife being wielded by the special deficit-reduction panel of Congress, according to sources keeping close watch on its work.

Perspective: Mind the Medigap
One of the oddities of Medicare is that the elderly population it covers - the group most likely to face huge medical costs - receives no protection against catastrophic expenses.