Medicare Drug Benefit Unlikely To Determine 2006 Congressional Elections, According To GOP Pollster (Medical News Today)
The Medicare prescription drug benefit likely will not determine the result of the midterm elections in November, Republican pollster Bill McInturff said on Tuesday in a speech before the Generic Pharmaceutical Association, CQ HealthBeat reports. [click link for full article]

Millions Of U.S. Seniors Enter Medicare Limbo (Free Internet Press)
Millions of older Americans are confronting a temporary break in their Medicare drug coverage this month that will require them to pay the full cost of their prescriptions or face the painful prospect of going without. This is the "doughnut hole" in the new Medicare drug benefit that began in January, and advocates for seniors say there is nothing sweet about it. Some seniors knew nothing of the