Medicare drug benefit (Sun-Sentinel)
Baltimore's XLHealth to operate in 6 states XLHealth, a Baltimore company that this year launched a local Medicare HMO aimed at the chronically ill, plans to expand next year to five more states.

Rx Industry Draws Fire for Gifts to Doctors; AARP & Next Generation of Doctors Team Up to 'Shine the Light' on Rx (U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News)
The fight over legislation "shining the light" on the billions of dollars drug companies spend on gifts to doctors heated up today as the American Medical Student Association (AMSA) joined forces with AARP to call on the State Senate to pass the bill.