Medicare drug premiums steady (USA Today)
Average monthly premiums will hold steady next year under Medicare's prescription-drug program as competing insurers offer a range of new coverage options.

Medicare cuts worry docs, seniors (MLive.com)
WASHINGTON -- If Congress doesn't act this fall to stop a planned cut in Medicare payment rates, some U.S. doctors, including those in Michigan, may be forced to stop taking or completely drop some of their elderly and disabled Medicare patients.