All Medicare Prescription Drug Plans Should Be Required To Cover Heart Medication BiDil For Black Beneficiaries, ... (Medical News Today)
NAACP's New England council President Juan Cofield sent a "sharply worded letter" to the Boston regional office of CMS stating that NitroMed's heart failure drug BiDil, the only drug approved by FDA for use in a single race, should be required to be covered under all Medicare Part D prescription drug plans, the Wall Street Journal reports. [click link for full article]

WellCare Agents' Tactics Queried (The Tampa Tribune)
TAMPA - Medicare officials say they're looking into complaints about questionable sales tactics by independent brokers that were performed by independent brokers for several national health plans, including Tampa-based WellCare Health Plans.