After lawsuit, Medicare to ease drug benefit enrollment for poor (The Hill)
The Bush administration will have to work harder to protect the poorest Medicare beneficiaries from falling through the cracks of the Part D drug benefit enrollment process, under a settlement of a class action lawsuit announced Thursday.

Medicare repayment set to drop July 1 (Tri-City Herald)
WASHINGTON -- At 75 years old, Billie Cox has fallen and broken her ankle, had an elbow replacement and suffers the same aches and pains of many her age.

Bush Administration Settles Nationwide Class Action in Medicare Prescription Drug Case (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Pursuant to a settlement agreement filed in federal court today in the Medicare Part D class action lawsuit Situ v. Leavitt, the Bush administration has agreed to make significant changes to its administration of the prescription drug benefit for low-income beneficiaries.

GAO finds tax abuse in Medicare program (AP via Yahoo! News)
Thousands of hospitals, nursing homes and other Medicare health providers owe the federal government more than $2 billion in payroll and other back taxes.